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Union representing workers at Providence’s ABC6 calls for boycott of Channels 6 and 10

The union representing workers at ABC6 is calling for a boycott of the station and NBC 10 in response to how WJAR-TV’s owner, Sinclair Broadcast Group, recently acquired the non-signal operations for WLNE-TV. Meteorologist Kelly Bates is among workers who lost their jobs at Channel 6 as part of the change in management. She said […]

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ABC6 workers announce union campaign

Rhode Island and Southeast Massachusetts workers at local news station ABC6 are launching union organizing efforts, according to two employees with the unit’s organizing committee. The workers, who want to join the Communications Workers of America’s broadcast arm, The National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET), say they are calling for a union because […]

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