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CWA Members Will Not Be Intimidated by Threats Against Nonviolent Protest

Last week, Arizona state legislator John Gillette called for Representative Pramila Jayapal to be “tried convicted and hanged” for encouraging nonviolent protest. Rep. Jayapal is a tireless advocate for justice who will not be intimidated. Neither will we. CWA members stand up to bullies and authoritarians - whether they try to silence us from a CEO’s office or from the White House.
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NABET-CWA Statement on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Nexstar and Sinclair

The National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians–Communications Workers of America (NABET-CWA) released the following statement in response to Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair Broadcast Group’s preemption of Jimmy Kimmel Live!: This week, the American people learned how easily our right to freedom of speech can be silenced by consolidated media ownership in thrall to a president determined to consolidate his own power.