By Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The Los Angeles Times newsroom will receive a 20% cut in pay and hours over the next three months, as the paper looks to save $2 million.
The paper has seen advertising virtually dry up amid the pandemic, and had previously given furloughs and pay cuts to some non-union workers on the business side.
The L.A. Times Guild, which represents newsroom employees, issued a statement saying that the company had agreed not lay anyone else off for the remainder of the quarter. “We are thankful that management accepted our proposal to avert layoffs, but this is a painful cut,” the statement read. “Like the vast majority of newsrooms across the country, The Times has lost significant revenue due to the coronavirus
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