Ian Wheeler: Why we need a union

I support the union because the Orange County Register’s reporters and editors are under siege by our own company and its owner, Alden Global Capital, a faceless New York City hedge fund that has absolutely no interest in our community or reinvesting in the newsroom that has served it for decades. They’re responsible for layoffs that have shrunk our team to a skeleton staff and cuts that forced the closure of one of our last offices in Orange County. Once the pandemic is over, I don’t even know if I’ll have a desk to come back to.

Ian Wheeler is a reporter for the Orange County Register/SCNG.