More than 75 unionized journalists at the Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald and Bradenton Herald announced they were walking off the job Friday morning in protest of protracted first contract negotiations.
The walkout, which is scheduled to last 24 hours, comes after more than two years of bargaining at the One Herald Guild, which represents workers at the Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald, and over a year and a half of negotiations at the Bradenton Herald NewsGuild. Though the two units will ultimately have separate contracts, the bargaining team that is handling negotiations with parent company McClatchy has members from both units.
