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Numerous employees at the Long Beach Post were given layoff notices late last week. The Long Beach Media Guild, a group that represents Long Beach Post employees in support of union organization efforts, states that over half of the group’s members were laid off. The layoffs will affect nine employees in the bargaining unit, and the employees not affected by the layoffs will continue strike action. Long Beach Post employees began strike action last week after employees made it known that they were seeking union representation and asked for the Long Beach Journalism Initiative, the parent nonprofit organization of the Long Beach Post, to voluntarily recognize the union. The employees are seeking representation from the Media Guild of the West. The group stated that it would file a claim against the organization, claiming that the layoffs were a violation of labor laws. The Long Beach Journalism Initiative has stated that the cuts are solely due to financial reasons, as the Long Beach Post recently became a nonprofit organization.