Employees of the Washington Post and supporters walk the picket line during a 24 hour strike outside the newspaper's headquarters in Washington, DC. Hundreds of staff at the Washington Post, one of America's most storied newspapers, walked off the job in a 24-hour strike, their union said, after 18 months of contract negotiations failed to secure a deal. "No one wants to have to walk out. This is like a last ditch effort right now to try to get them to come back to the table and actually bargain with us," shares a member of the Post Guild bargaining team. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES