We support our proposed employee-friendly changes for all DallasNews Corp. employees, not just Guild members.

Mike Merschel, a 25-year veteran of The Dallas Morning News, describes the anguish of a layoff and the worries about how to survive on a very small — even embarrassing — severance package.

The Dallas News Guild analyzes current severance packages for outgoing employees and finds a great discrepancy between news staffers and a top executive.

For us, creating the newspaper is our pride and joy. It’s an art and a science. It’s a privilege and a duty. Management punted that pride to an outsourcing center in Austin.