Report of Layoffs at the South Florida Sun Sentinel

[BTExpress]

BUMP.

The handful of remaining staffers are forming a union. Good for them, I guess. A couple of people I still know there are missing from the list of names. Story says 88% of people joined.

https://newsguild.org/south-florida-sun-sentinel-journalists-announce-formation-of-union/

 

[Mr. X]

BUMP.

The handful of remaining staffers are forming a union. Good for them, I guess. A couple of people I still know there are missing from the list of names. Story says 88% of people joined.

https://newsguild.org/south-florida-sun-sentinel-journalists-announce-formation-of-union/

What difference will this make?

 

[BTExpress]

Don't know, but they felt they had no choice. Layoffs in 2022, 401(k) match removed in 2023, no raises in 14 of the past 17 years.

 

[maumann]

I just can't imagine. One, I delivered the Sun-Sentinel during summer breaks while in college. Two, worked sports agate there in 1980 while I was trying to get a radio gig. At the time, Fort Lauderdale had two really good sports staffs (and were excellent once I left).

Plus, I know the folks at the Miami Herald had a pretty nice view, but walking out of the Sun-Sentinel building and seeing all the yachts docked on the New River was pretty amazing.

 

[BTExpress]

Best place I ever worked. And the reason I can retire at any time.

Pinnacle was the fall of 1997. One Sunday we had a 12-page regular sports section, a 10-page college football section, and a 12-page World Series section. 180 columns of sports news hole. The equivalent of 30 open pages.
(and a 50-person sports staff)

 

[Tarheel316]

Best place I ever worked. And the reason I can retire at any time.

Pinnacle was the fall of 1997. One Sunday we had a 12-page regular sports section, a 10-page college football section, and a 12-page World Series section. 180 columns of sports news hole. The equivalent of 30 open pages.
(and a 50-person sports staff)

50? Wow!

 

[FileNotFound]

Yeah, I worked in Orlando at that time, @BTExpress. We hated you guys (mostly because we had to wedge your 40-inch game previews into 12-inch holes.)

 

[MileHigh]

I just can't imagine. One, I delivered the Sun-Sentinel during summer breaks while in college. Two, worked sports agate there in 1980 while I was trying to get a radio gig. At the time, Fort Lauderdale had two really good sports staffs (and were excellent once I left).

Plus, I know the folks at the Miami Herald had a pretty nice view, but walking out of the Sun-Sentinel building and seeing all the yachts docked on the New River was pretty amazing.

Yeah, the view from 1HP was tremendous.

 

[MileHigh]

Best place I ever worked. And the reason I can retire at any time.

Pinnacle was the fall of 1997. One Sunday we had a 12-page regular sports section, a 10-page college football section, and a 12-page World Series section. 180 columns of sports news hole. The equivalent of 30 open pages.
(and a 50-person sports staff)

2003 was pinnacle for me at 1HP. Regular sports section. College football. Marlins winning at Yankee Stadium on a Saturday night.

 

[BTExpress]

Unfortunately, Tribune was three years into the Times-Mirror merger at that time. Work and product were still outstanding, but stock price never recovered.