The Washington Post Tech Guild

Tell The Washington Post: Follow the law! Jeff Bezos is the 4th richest person in the world. The Washington Post is owned by him. And right now, The Post is trying to force out 76 members of the Washington Post Tech Guild through layoffs that...

So today, we put up signs around The Post's D.C. office calling this out.

We need your support! Tell The Washington Post you stand with tech workers against union busting and illegal layoffs!
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Union busting is disgusting!

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Behind every role is a real person. These cuts don’t just impact workers: they impact the quality, stability, & future of the products our readers rely on. We stand together in solidarity & call for transparency, accountability, & respect for the workers who make The Post run.

Our Washington Post Tech Guild members are sharing what these attempted layoffs mean for them, their families, and the work that powers the @washingtonpost every day.

Behind every role is a real person. These cuts don’t just impact workers: they impact the quality, stability, & future of the products our readers rely on. We stand together in solidarity & call for transparency, accountability, & respect for the workers who make The Post run.

Our Washington Post Tech Guild members are sharing what these attempted layoffs mean for them, their families, and the work that powers the @washingtonpost every day.

Tell The Washington Post: Follow the law! Jeff Bezos is the 4th richest person in the world. The Washington Post is owned by him. And right now, The Post is trying to force out 76 members of the Washington Post Tech Guild through layoffs that...

So today, we put up signs around The Post's D.C. office calling this out.

We need your support! Tell The Washington Post you stand with tech workers against union busting and illegal layoffs!
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Meet the union busters of The Washington Post!

Instead of following the law, Post management is pressuring Tech Guild members to accept defeat as they attempt to illegally lay off almost 30% of our unit (including most of our leadership team and bargaining committee).

After decimating the organization, we are bargaining per our contract with management. We have featured testimonials from Post employees. Here’s some of them had to say. Here’s what these layoffs have done to us. #SaveThePost 🧵

We all want to Save The Post, want to do our jobs - but Vineet locked our members out of work platforms and the building this week.

Shame on Vineet.

This is despicable. After attempting to lay off almost 80 of our members illegally, The Post's Chief Technology Officer Vineet Khosla has tried to co-opt the #SaveThePost hashtag used by Tech Guild and @postguild members, community members, readers, and supporters to push back against these cuts.

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If you care about supporting Tech Guild members, the workers who power The Post, please consider donating to our fund to “Stop The Bezos Bribe” and allow our members to fight back against these illegal layoffs.
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When they came to work yesterday - to continue the jobs they were hired to do - they were blocked from entering the building. Our members are still employees. We are in Status Quo, which means that these layoffs are illegal.

Monday night after working hours, our members who are being targeted for layoffs by The Washington Post were locked out of their work devices, platforms and The Post building.

The public outcry has been clear: the people of D.C., the country and the world at large want the Washington Post at its full journalistic power and will accept nothing less.

The Post must now reverse course on violating the rights of their workers with illegal layoffs. CTO Vineet Khosla and Arc XP President Matt Monahan need to also be held accountable for their lack of courage and bad faith.

From the office to his own neighborhood, where on Thursday the Tech Guild posted fliers calling out his abysmal record as CEO and Publisher to demand accountability, we have been clear about the damage he caused.

The Washington Post cannot move forward under the leadership that caused this crisis. Will Lewis’s decisions drove the Post to this breaking point.

The public outcry has been clear: the people of D.C., the country and the world at large want the Washington Post at its full journalistic power and will accept nothing less.

The Post must now reverse course on violating the rights of their workers with illegal layoffs. CTO Vineet Khosla and Arc XP President Matt Monahan need to also be held accountable for their lack of courage and bad faith.

From the office to his own neighborhood, where on Thursday the Tech Guild posted fliers calling out his abysmal record as CEO and Publisher to demand accountability, we have been clear about the damage he caused.

The Washington Post cannot move forward under the leadership that caused this crisis. Will Lewis’s decisions drove the Post to this breaking point.

Today we marched to engineering management's offices to deliver our unanswered questions about a tool the company is evaluating that would stack rank employees, violating status quo & disrespecting our union.

We won’t back down when they violate our rights and then ignore our concerns.

We stand with our Post Guild colleagues in condemning the unjust firing of Opinion Columnist Karen Attiah. It’s both dangerous and self-defeating to take away authoritative strong voices. The Washington Post Tech Guild stands with Karen and will continue to show up for her rights.No one fights alone

The right to speak freely is the ultimate personal liberty and the foundation of Karen’s 11-year career at The Post. We’re proud to call Karen a colleague and a longtime union sibling. The Post Guild stands with her and will continue to support her and defend her rights.

The Washington Post wrongly fired Opinions columnist Karen Attiah over her social media posts. The Post not only flagrantly disregarded standard disciplinary processes, it also undermined its own mandate to be a champion of free speech.

Statement from Post Guild Leadership: The Washington Post Guild condemns the unjust firing of columnist Karen Attiah

Today we took a collective lunch break along with our siblings @postguild.bsky.social!

The Post unilaterally decided to make us return to the office 5 days a week, so we convened for lunch to share how this policy is impacting our members. We are united! ✊

We will begin immediately formulating plans and laying the groundwork within the unit to begin bargaining with the company for its first collective bargaining agreement. But first, we celebrate!

Even after weeks of aggressive union-busting tactics from management, we persevered and now are able to say that we were a part of the first successful organizing effort to take place at The Post under Jeff Bezos’ ownership - that’s history!