Hi John,

Over the past several years, The Washington Post—owned by Amazon billionaire founder Jeff Bezos—has laid off hundreds of workers who make the newspaper one of the country’s top news organizations. This most recent round of layoffs of more than 300 staffers is devastating for all of us who live in the Washington, D.C., metro area and depend on The Post.

That’s why we’re rallying tomorrow in downtown D.C.—to stand with The NewsGuild-CWA union family and #SaveThePost.

Will we see you there? You can read more in the update from The Washington Post Guild below.

Date: Thursday, February 5
Time: Noon–1 p.m.
Location: The Washington Post
1301 K St. NW
Washington, DC 

Can’t make it? Send a letter of support.

The Washington Post’s mission—to hold power to account without fear or favor—cannot be fulfilled without investing in the workers who make this possible.

Thank you for showing up to #SaveThePost. 

In solidarity, 

Team AFL-CIO

Siblings,
 
Hundreds of workers at The Washington Post stand to lose their jobs in layoffs, which could render The Post unrecognizable amid some of the most severe staff cuts the newspaper has ever seen.

The Post Guild vehemently opposes any more staff reductions.

In just the last three years, The Post’s workforce has shrunk by roughly 400 people. Continuing to eliminate workers only stands to weaken the newspaper, drive away readers and undercut The Post’s mission: to hold power to account without fear or favor and provide critical insight into communities across the region, country and world.

Scores of Washington Post journalists have already issued public and private appeals to Post owner Jeff Bezos, pleading with him to #SaveThePost and pull back on imminent plans to slash jobs.

But neither Bezos nor members of Post leadership have responded to these calls.

Now we need help from you, our readers.

For those in the D.C. area, please join the Post Guild and Post Tech Guild for a rally to #SaveThePost tomorrow, February 5th, at 12pm ET outside The Post’s D.C. headquarters.

If you value The Post’s journalism and care about its future, we ask that you join us in our call to #SaveThePost by sending the following note to Post owner Jeff Bezos, publisher Will Lewis and executive editor Matt Murray.

Enough is enough. Without the staff of The Washington Post, there is no Washington Post.

The Washington Post Guild

Text WORK to AFLCIO (235246) to join our text action team. (Message and data rates may apply.)