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LightShed partner Rich Greenfield analyzes the Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros deal on The Claman Countdown.<\/p>\n
CBS News saw staffers walk off the job on Tuesday amid an ongoing labor dispute.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Writers Guild of America East members at\u00a0CBS News 24\/7\u00a0held a 24-hour walkout\u00a0on Tuesday, claiming management\u00a0failed to\u00a0reach an agreement on a\u00a0new collective bargaining agreement with the\u00a060-member bargaining unit.\u00a0The current contract expired on March 9, and union members believe CBS is offering a “worse” deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Unionized CBS News 24\/7 staffers believe they need “to protect their livelihoods during a period of uncertainty in broadcast news,” pointing to “layoffs, editorial\u00a0interference\u00a0and political pressure” that have become “existential\u00a0threats”\u00a0following last year\u2019s\u00a0Paramount-Skydance merger, according to the guild.\u00a0<\/p>\n
CBS NEWS IN TRANSITION: WHO’S IN AND WHO’S OUT AFTER A TUMULTUOUS YEAR AT THE NETWORK<\/p>\n
Writers Guild of America East members at CBS News 24\/7 held a 24-hour walkout on Tuesday. (Bing Guan\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
The bargaining unit\u00a0is asking for\u00a0“fair pay,\u00a0respect\u00a0and a sustainable work-life balance.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
The CBS News 24\/7 Union bargaining committee and contract action team told Fox News Digital that “management refuses to agree to a new contract with essential work protections and fair wages,” so a walkout was necessary.<\/p>\n
“Despite multiple days of good faith negotiations and a strike pledge signed by 95% of our members to emphasize the seriousness of our demands, management continues to offer us worse terms than in our last contracts. We chose this field to cover the news, but we believe this work stoppage is necessary to achieve a fair contract. We eagerly await an acceptable contract offer from Paramount\u2014which just shelled out tens of billions of dollars to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery,” the CBS News 24\/7 Union bargaining committee said.<\/p>\n
After the Paramount-Skydance merger closed, David Ellison took control of the combined company and installed Bari Weiss as CBS News’ new editor-in-chief, acquiring her outlet The Free Press in the process.\u00a0<\/p>\n
CBS’ NORAH O’DONNELL CLAIMS COWORKERS ARE ‘FEARFUL’ OVER THE NUMEROUS CHANGES IN LEADERSHIP<\/p>\n
A demonstrator wears a Writers Guild of America East sweatshirt during a CBS News strike outside CBS News offices in New York, US, on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Bing Guan\/Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Weiss\u2019 CBS has become a target of the left, who insist the organization has worked to appease the Trump administration, although it has continued to publish critical reports.<\/p>\n
Last month, Netflix\u00a0dropped its bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery after the studio announced Paramount’s offer to buy the entire company was “superior.”\u00a0Paramount, the parent company of CBS, is now set to acquire WBD for $31 per share, putting the company’s valuation at $111 billion.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Paramount has billions to spend acquiring Warner Bros.\u00a0Discovery, but\u00a0still hasn\u2019t guaranteed fair wages and basic job protections for the workers who make their streaming news operation run,” WGAE Vice President Beth\u00a0Godvik said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Our members are walking out today to show management they stand united in their demand for a fair contract,” Godvik continued. “And the WGAE is with them every step of the way.”\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
BARI WEISS TELLS STAFF ’60 MINUTES’ CECOT STORY WASN’T READY, SAYS DISRESPECT AMONG COLLEAGUES IS UNACCEPTABLE<\/p>\n
CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss. (Noam Galai\/Getty Images for The Free Press \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n
CBS News management disagrees with the union.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“We continue to negotiate in good faith and hope to reach a fair resolution quickly,” a CBS News spokesperson told Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n
More than 2,900 union members and supporters of the CBS News 24\/7 Union\u00a0have\u00a0sent\u00a0letters to management urging them to agree to a fair contract for WGAE members at CBS News 24\/7, according to the guild. Tuesday\u2019s walkout featured staffers from CBS News locations in New York and San Francisco.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Paramount slashed roughly 1,000 jobs across the company last fall, many of them affecting CBS News, with plans to cut more.<\/p>\n
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Fox News Digital’s Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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