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LOS ANGELES AP 鈥?Guild members of the Los Angeles Times walked off the job Friday to protest what it says are imminent layoffs, the first newsroom union work stoppage in the newspaper 143-year history.The paper journalists and their supporters rallied in an LA civic center park, chanting and waving signs that rea stanley es d, Don ;t Cut Our Future. The guild said members would also protest in other cities.The guild said in a stateme stanley italia nt that the Times is planning to lay off a significant number of journalists, but that the union cannot specify the number because management has insisted on negotiating in meetings that are off the stanley cup record. The guild also said the paper wants to gut seniority protections.Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a biotech billionaire, acquired the Times in 2018, returning it to local ownership two decades after it was sold to Tribune Co. The purchase raised hopes after years of cutbacks, circulation declines and leadership changes.Last week, Executive Editor Kevin Merida abruptly left after a 2 1/2-year tenure. In June, more than 70 positions 鈥?about 13% of the newsroom 鈥?were cut.A Times ; representative told the paper that revenue projections were under review and expenses were being carefully examined. We need to reduce our operating budget going into this year and anticipate layoffs, spokeswoman Hillary Manning said in a statement.Source: post Featured Local Savings Fwun Bangor Hike for the Homeless draws record number of participants
HANCOCK 鈥?Marie Elaine Kief, 74, died March 12, 2013, at an Ellsworth hospital. She was born Oct. 13, 1938, in Lamoine, daughter of Arthur Leonard and Beryl Violet McLellan Hodgkins.Marie worked as a care manager at Eastern Area Agency on Aging for eight years. She was a member of United Baptist Church of Hancock.She is survived by a daughter, Laurie A. Troyer of Old Saybrook, Conn.; stepdaughter, Sharon E. Liebig of Cape Corral, Fla.; special friend, Malcolm Mac Clough of Southwest Harbor; and three grandchildren, Nathan Troyer, Corey M. Kief and Amber L. Liebig. She was predeceased by her son, Michael A. Kief; and brothers, Bradford, Norman, Larry and Roger Hodgkins.A graveside service will be stanley cup uk held in the spring at East Lamoine Cemetery. Contributions in Maries memory may be made to Eastern Area Agency on Aging, care of Hancock Meals fo stanley polska r Me, 450 Essex St., Bangor, ME 04401. A stanley uk rrangements by Jordan-Fernald, 113 Franklin St., Ellsworth. Condolences may be expressed atjordanfernld.More articles from the BDN |