The fake news hacks at Buzzfeed are throwing a tantrum. They are planning a walk out in order to gain union recognition, because they aren’t already embarrassing enough. Buzzfeed is like the web version of CNN, the fake news kings, only dumber. The planned walkout is set for Monday.
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(Bloomberg) — BuzzFeed News employees are planning to stage a walkout Monday, according to people familiar with the matter, just days after a similar protest by staff at Vox Media led to that company’s first labor agreement.
BuzzFeed’s U.S. journalists agreed to unionize in February, saying they would seek better benefits and fair pay after seeing some colleagues lose their jobs the prior month. Since then, they’ve been calling on BuzzFeed’s management to recognize their union.
The NewsGuild, which represents BuzzFeed’s union, didn’t respond to a request for comment.
A BuzzFeed representative said the company has made an offer to voluntarily recognize the union, but the terms haven’t been accepted: “It has been on the table since last week. We hope they’ll accept it.”
Unions and companies frequently spar over which workers should be included as part of a new bargaining unit.