On track to lose $500,000 this year through lower donations, and despite picketing by protesters unhappy with proposed cuts, the Executive Director of the Pacifica Foundation that oversees non-commercial KPFA-FM (94.1) in Berkeley, California has dropped morning show co-hosts Aimee Allison and Brian Edwards-Tiekert. Morning show staffers Esther Manilla and Laura Prives were also cut loose. Ironically, the morning show was the biggest producer of revenue for the Pacifica-owned station. The firings come at a time when the union representing KPFA workers offered a proposal that included some budgetary changes and voluntary layoff packages. Manilla was the shop steward of the CWA Local 9415, the union representing some KPFA workers. The union has also filed an unfair labor practice charge against Pacifica with the National Labor Relations Board, claiming the layoffs were retaliatory and violate seniority clauses in the union agreement. The ongoing situation at KPFA is a hot topic on the Radio-Info San Francisco board - Discuss it.