
Dan Petrella
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Political writer @chicagotribune. @MediaAtIllinois alum. Former @sjrbreaking, @LeeEntNews Springfield bureau & @ChiTribBiz. Tips: [email protected]
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https://www.chicagotribune.com/ct-staff-dan-petrella-20180720-staff.html 24-08-2010 19:56:42
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Today, Chicago Tribune laid off five guild staff members in a roughly 10% cut to our newsroom. These layoffs underscore a sad but unsurprising failure of leadership by Alden Global Capital, our hedge fund owner, and local management.

We at Chicago Tribune Guild are devastated today by the company's unexplained, unnecessary, disrespectful and stupid decision to lay off five guild colleagues. The only reason is greed. These brilliant people deserve so much better than better. Chicago deserves better too.




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