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      'Stop Union-Busting': After 1,000+ Days Without Contract, NBC News Workers Walk Out

      "NBC has repeatedly broken the law, disrespected the rights of its employees, and illegally terminated hard-working union journalists," workers said in a video explaining the 24-hour walkout. "Enough is enough."

      Brett Wilkins
      Feb 09, 2023

      After working more than 1,000 days without a contract, more than 200 unionized NBC NewsDigitalworkers on Thursday launched a 24-hour walkout to protest the media giant's ongoing "unfair labor practices," including the recent firing of seven union journalists.

      Members of NBC News Guild—including reporters, editors, producers, and other staffers at NBC News, MSNBC, and "Today" Digital—walked off the job Thursday morning, with some rallying outside NBC's Midtown Manhattan headquarters to protest the layoffs and not having a contract since the union's founding in 2019.

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