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Roanoke Times union pickets over wages, mileage
The Roanoke Times‘ newsroom union staged its first-ever picket line briefly Monday as a message to the newspaper‘s owners, Lee Enterprises, which the union says won’t budge on requested salary and mileage reimbursement increases. Alison Graham, vice chair of the Timesland News Guild and a staff writer at The Roanoke Times, said earlier Monday that […]
Richmond Times-Dispatch, Roanoke Times, Daily Progress see newsroom layoffs
Updated Sept. 11 At least five newsroom staffers at the Richmond Times-Dispatch were told Friday that they were being laid off by owner Lee Enterprises. Four people laid off were part of the bargaining unit for the Richmond Newspapers Professional Association, the Times-Dispatch’s newsroom union, a representative confirmed. They include a business reporter, a photojournalist, […]
