Union claims WP is trying to push people out

The Washington Post Guild claims the paper “has pushed out – or is trying to push out - at least thirteen people through layoffs, coerced buyouts or outright dismissal on dubious charges.
What’s more troubling is that more than half of those employees are African-Americans or Latinos.”

The script goes like this: an employee is summoned to a meeting where she hears that “the bar has been raised.” She is told her work does not meet this supposed new standard. She is handed an envelope with a buyout offer and given a deadline to surrender her job or face disciplinary action because of her allegedly poor performance. She is reminded that disciplinary action progresses from warnings to suspensions and termination.

I invited executive editor Marcus Brauchli to respond. He sent my email to Post spokeswoman Kris Coratti and she wrote back: “Our commitment to diversity extends from hiring to promotion and retention. We do not discuss personnel issues.”