Fifteen staffers at the San Antonio Report walked off the job Wednesday after the nonprofit media organization unexpectedly laid off its audience editor.
The workers, who last week
as the San Antonio Report Union, will unconditionally return to work Thursday, a representative told the
Current
.
The laid-off editor, Sandra Santos, revealed her termination Wednesday in a post on X, formerly Twitter. Coworkers and others expressed frustration over the situation in their responses to the tweet.
“After more than 30 years of dodging the layoffs bullet, I was finally taken out by the San Antonio Report,” Santos wrote. “It’s been a helluva ride and I’ve met some very wonderful people along the way. Onward to the next chapter. And if you know of any openings, let me know!”
San Antonio Report education reporter Isaac Windes, a member of the fledgling union and a participant in the walkout, said the nonprofit may have broken the law when it terminated Santos.
“We’re in the critical period within two weeks of asking for voluntary recognition, so that’s why we’re making an unfair labor practice filing with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and why we walked out today in solidarity with our coworker,” Windes told the