Journalists at the Los Angeles Times are ready to walk off the job if their union can’t reach a deal with management soon.

The L.A. Times Guild received 85% approval on its recent strike authorization vote, it said Thursday. Just over 200 members, which represents about 98% of the total membership, participated in the vote.

A strike has not been scheduled yet, though the vote gives the guild’s leadership the authority to now call a work stoppage when they see fit.

The L.A. Times Guild, a unit of the Media Guild West, represents reporters, editors, designers, photographers and other journalists at the West Coast’s largest newspaper. The union has been negotiating with Times management for more than three years on a new contract. In that time, membership has been drastically reduced fro

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