AFTRA Takes to Twitter to Support TV Station Employees
The Peoria Local of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists incorporated Twitter into its rally supporting employees of the Illinois city’s WEEK/WHOI-TV.
The Peoria Local of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists incorporated Twitter into its rally supporting employees of the Illinois city’s WEEK/WHOI-TV.
The union encouraged supporters of the station’s photographers, producers, reporters, anchors, meteorologists, and multimedia journalists to rally against employers Silver Point and Granite Broadcasting by going to a special page, Support Quality Journalism in Central Illinois, and tweeting with the hashtag #savelocalnews.
Talks between the news team’s AFTRA employees and the station’s owners began in November but stalled Feb.
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