SAG-AFTRA leaders are laying into Nexstar for conducting sweeping layoffs at local television stations across the country, saying the action demonstrates the dangers of media consolidation.
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Disappointed that Nexstar decided on layoffs across the company, impacting our own station. These employees deserve better!
@NXSTMediaGroup@WEHTWTVWlocal
NABET 22 will be sending out this letter to the Rochester Labor Federation and other local unions. We are asking for these organizations to boycott one-on-one interviews with WROC News 8 over their management’s and @NXSTMediaGroup refusal to acknowledge the union.
#union
A new report, Breaking the Story: The Real Cost of Low Wages at America’s Largest Broadcaster, reveals the low wages paid at Nexstar owned stations. @NXSTMediaGroup@WEHTWTVWlocal
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The entire Democratic state delegation representing Monroe County has opted to boycott one-on-one interviews with Channel 8/WROC until its parent company, Nexstar Media Group, recognizes its workers union.
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Broadcasting workers at Nexstar Media Group, the largest local television station owner in the U.S., are forming unions with @NABETCWA to address low wages and unsustainable working conditions.
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Today Assemblymember Harry Bronson held a press conference outside his office, calling on Nexstar to come to the bargaining table with @News_8 employees who fairly voted to Unionize in 2023.
#union#news8boycott#unionstrong#unionization#NABET#CWA
Nexstar has been engaging in blatant union busting while paying poverty wages. Every reporter in the country should take a good hard look at @NXSTMediaGroup 's actions and ask some hard questions. Receipts below.
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