Cascade PBS Newsroom Axing Preventable, Union Says

Cascade PBS laid off 16 positions, including its entire news staff, and blamed it on Trump cuts. The union says the layoffs weren't a financial inevitability.by Nathalie GrahamWhen Cascade PBS laid off 16 positions, including its entire news staff, on Monday, the company line was familiar: Federal budget cuts tied their hands. Heads had to roll, and Donald Trump was holding the executioner's axehandle. However, union members of the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild don’t believe that. They