NYT journos protest layoffs by walking off job, holding signs outside

The New York Times is among many mainstream media outlets that are struggling these days, and with layoffs looming, “hundreds” of journos walked off the job today:

I've never seen anything like this : Each floor of the NYT newsroom is full of folks walking out in solidarity against the coming layoffs pic.twitter.com/6AgPDa8hKv

— Jenna Wortham (@jennydeluxe) June 29, 2017

Hundreds of @nytimes journalists walkout today to protest copy desk buyouts. pic.twitter.com/y8A3cjYbHJ

— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 29, 2017

New York Times employees walked out of their office on Thursday to protest expected layoffs https://t.co/C02BQlMaGy pic.twitter.com/1znZJRG7KM

— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) June 29, 2017

What could possibly go wrong for those participating?

Well this should make it easier to determine who gets the chopping block.https://t.co/EwBRvj1eeF

— Angela.Kay (@DeepSouthProud) June 29, 2017

https://twitter.com/mconiaris/status/880506948554305537

Why would @nytimes be laying off anyone when they repeatedly claim new subscriptions are at an all-time high? ? https://t.co/CQDeEg9fwm

— Patrick Poole (@pspoole) June 29, 2017