The 21st Show

First editorial strike at Chicago Tribune

Produced by Christine Hatfield
 
Chicago Tribune newsroom employees picket outside the newspapers Freedom Center newsroom and printing plant Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, in Chicago. More than 200 reporters, photographers and other staffers with the Tribune and six other newsrooms around the nation are on a 24-hour strike to protest years of

Chicago Tribune newsroom employees picket outside the newspapers Freedom Center newsroom and printing plant Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, in Chicago. More than 200 reporters, photographers and other staffers with the Tribune and six other newsrooms around the nation are on a 24-hour strike to protest years of "slow-walked" contract negotiations and to demand fair wages. AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast

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Chicago Tribune journalists staged a walk-out last Thursday. They're demanding better wages and fewer job cuts from the paper's out-of-town ownership.

GUESTS:

Ray Long

Investigative reporter, Chicago Tribune