Angered members of The Washington Post’s tech union hung up posters around publisher and CEO Will Lewis’ neighborhood on Thursday in retaliation for the mass layoffs.
The Post laid off about a third of its workforce on Wednesday by eliminating several sections and scaling back the number of assigned reporters to foreign countries. A day later, Lewis was seen in San Francisco at a Super Bowl event after having cut the paper’s sports section, prompting Washington Post Tech Guild members to hang up signs saying Lewis was “wanted for destroying The Washington Post.”
The fliers include a photograph of Lewis in the center and a QR code used to send letters to management and demand that they stop the staff cuts.
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The tech guild called the layoffs “disheartening and infuriating,” and called to continue fighting for their members.
The Washington Post Guild, another union at the newspaper, condemned the layoffs in a statement on Wednesday, stating that the cuts will only “weaken” the paper, drive away readers and violate the paper’s mission, which is to “hold power to account.” They also suggested that Jeff Bezos, who owns the newspaper, may not be cut out to be in charge after he ordered the layoffs.
“These layoffs are not inevitable,” the Guild stated. “A newsroom cannot be hollowed out without consequences of its credibility, its reach and its future. In just the last three years, The Post’s workforce has shrunk by roughly 400 people. Continuing to eliminate workers only stands to weaken the newspaper, drive away readers and undercut The Post’s mission: to hold power to account without fear or favor and provide critical information for communities across the region, country and world.”
The Post’s web traffic also plunged by nearly 90% from January 2021 to the middle of 2025, from around 22.5 million daily active users to just 2.5-3 million, according to Semafor. The newspaper also laid off more than a dozen editorial staffers in its Opinion section in October.
Editor’s Note: This Article has been updated to reflect that the Washington Post Tech Guild posted the flyers, not the Washington Post Guild
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