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NBC News lays off dozens, rebuked by union (40 jobs. Not enough)
Fox Business ^ | 1-24-25 | Kendall Tietz

Posted on 01/25/2025 4:29:11 PM PST by dynachrome

NBC News conducted a round of layoffs on Thursday, leading to swift backlash from union staffers who say the action is illegal.

NBC Digital NewsGuild and The NewsGuild of New York strongly condemned management’s announcement Thursday, calling the move a clear disregard for workers’ rights, in a press release shared with Fox News Digital. Business Insider reported that NBC laid off about 40 employees, while creating about 12 new jobs that cut workers could apply for as the division makes a shift to growth areas.

The union said laying off Guild-represented workers amidst negotiations for a first contract is illegal.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxbusiness.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: layoffs; nbc; trumpmas
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They need to go on strike!
1 posted on 01/25/2025 4:29:11 PM PST by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

ICWYDT


2 posted on 01/25/2025 4:30:45 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: dynachrome

propaganda for the regime worked when the were in power

the lies became so outrages, they lost all credibility even among the true believers


3 posted on 01/25/2025 4:31:22 PM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: dynachrome
NBC

No Body Cares...

4 posted on 01/25/2025 4:32:06 PM PST by fhayek
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To: dynachrome

N B C

Used to be Nobody But Clinton

Today

Nobody But Commies


5 posted on 01/25/2025 4:33:41 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: fhayek

Don’t they have a small, but popular, ice rink operation?

[Rinky Dink?]


6 posted on 01/25/2025 4:33:53 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: fhayek
NBC
No Body Cares...


NBC-peacock-01
7 posted on 01/25/2025 4:36:45 PM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: dynachrome

The CNN and other stories all said “sparing the on air talent the layoffs will be of behind the scenes staff” in one way or another. Too bad.


8 posted on 01/25/2025 4:37:13 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: dynachrome

“The union said laying off Guild-represented workers amidst negotiations for a first contract is illegal.”

i guess ya’ll can take it up with President Trump’s new labor board ...


9 posted on 01/25/2025 4:39:19 PM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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“sparing the on air talent the layoffs will be of behind the scenes staff”

The big names have better contracts.


10 posted on 01/25/2025 4:39:43 PM PST by dynachrome (Auslander Raus!)
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To: dynachrome

Yes. Those unions mean so much to the downtrodden workers in this capitalist system of exploitation (/S)

Union Maid
Record by The Almanac Singers (Pete Seegar a member).

… There once was a union maid, she never was afraid
Of the goons and the ginks and the company finks
And the deputy sheriffs that made the raid
She went to the union hall when a meeting, it was called
And when the company boys come around
She always stood her ground

… Oh, you can’t scare me, I’m sticking to the union
I’m sticking to the union, I’m sticking to the union
Oh, you can’t scare me, I’m sticking to the union
I’m sticking to the union till the day I die

… This union maid was wise to the tricks of the company spies
She’d never be fooled by a company stool
She’d always organize the guys
She’d always get her way when she asked for better pay
She’d show her card to the company guard
And this is what she’d say

… Oh, you can’t scare me, I’m sticking to the union
I’m sticking to the union, I’m sticking to the union
Oh, you can’t scare me, I’m sticking to the union
I’m sticking to the union till the day I die.

… Now, you gals who want to be free,
You gotta take a little tip from me
Get you a man who’s a union man and fight together for liberty
‘Cause married life ain’t hard if you got a union card
And a union man has a happy life if he’s got a union wife.


11 posted on 01/25/2025 4:41:32 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: dynachrome

“On-Air Talent” is going to be replaced by AI.


12 posted on 01/25/2025 4:41:47 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dynachrome

NBC should tell them that they can come to work if they want to. They just won’t get paid.


13 posted on 01/25/2025 4:51:02 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino and)
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To: dynachrome

“… makes a shift to growth areas…”

I’m curious as to what those might be.


14 posted on 01/25/2025 4:52:12 PM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

Nothing But Crapola


15 posted on 01/25/2025 5:03:30 PM PST by cross_bearer_02
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To: dynachrome

A good picket line wouldn’t hurt anyone—roll the old chariots along.


16 posted on 01/25/2025 5:15:13 PM PST by Scram1
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

Does anyone believe NBC?


17 posted on 01/25/2025 6:06:16 PM PST by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: dynachrome

A MSM network and their union getting slapped at the same time, the new freer market is working.


18 posted on 01/25/2025 6:06:43 PM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: dynachrome

Rough time to be in the narrative making biz.


19 posted on 01/25/2025 6:08:36 PM PST by lurk (u)
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To: dynachrome

The Guild!!!!

We represent the Lollipop Guild
The Lollipop Guild, the Lollipop Guild
And in the name of the Lollipop Guild
We wish to welcome you to Munchkin Land


20 posted on 01/25/2025 6:36:22 PM PST by LeonardFMason
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