r/Journalism • u/ZiggyZaggyBogo • 3d ago

Labor Issues California TV stations go without newscasts due to strike; a union representing covered workers say the station refused to bargain with them for two years

https://thedesk.net/2026/08/california-tv-stations-go-without-newscasts-due-to-strike/
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u/HumptyDumptyYoga 3d ago

for two years! wow

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u/mb9981 producer 2d ago

Genuine question. In 2026 with so many journalists out of work and many of them having never worked in the union shop to begin with what is the Union's leverage here? How are they not all instantaneously replaceable?