Baltimore Checkbook: Baltimore Sun union members write open letter criticizing parent company, ask for 2.5% raises

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Baltimore Sun union members write open letter criticizing parent company, ask for 2.5% raises

Members of Baltimore Sun’s union wrote an open letter to the paper’s parent company, tronc, requesting 2.5 percent raises for all unionized employees, and criticizing the company for not recognizing the work of its journalists. The letter, signed by all newsroom members of the Baltimore Sun unit of the Washington/Baltimore News Guild, was posted online Thursday afternoon, calling for social media users to use #RaiseTheSun to spread the word about their request. calling for tronc, which recently…