{"id":568243,"date":"2021-06-18T16:51:48","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T20:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=568243"},"modified":"2021-06-18T16:51:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T20:51:50","slug":"three-cheers-for-the-msnbc-employee-unionization-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-cheers-for-the-msnbc-employee-unionization-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Cheers for the MSNBC Employee Unionization Effort"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthree-cheers-for-the-msnbc-employee-unionization-effort%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=568243&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"28.423529411765\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/satire\/\">Satire<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">The liberal network has a history of traumatizing its workers<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/msnbc-union-final-736x452-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/msnbc-union-final-736x452.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/msnbc-union-final-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/msnbc-union-final-768x471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/msnbc-union-final.jpg 880w\" data-sizes=\"auto\"  style=\"display:none\">\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/andrew-stiles\/\" title=\"Posts by Andrew Stiles\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Andrew Stiles<\/a> \u2022 June 18, 2021 4:40 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"80.26899128269\">\n<p>The journalists are unionizing again. This week, employees at the left-wing media network MSNBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/06\/17\/business\/media\/msnbc-union.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> their intention to form a union representing more than 300 workers at the company. It is the latest example of the predominantly white professional class demanding to be accepted into the so-called workers&#8217; rights movement, which has traditionally focused on jobs requiring actual labor.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, however, the MSNBC journos deserve credit for seeking union protection from a\u00a0media conglomerate with a miserable track record when it comes to keeping its employees safe from harm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All right then! Proud of my peeps,&#8221; MSNBC host Joy Reid tweeted, perhaps unaware that unionization would likely entail a push for a safer work environment for employees traumatized by her <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/issues\/lgbt-group-rescinds-joy-reids-straight-equality-media-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bigoted<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/joy-reid-praised-islamophobic-blog-post-muslims-ak-47s-mud-huts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/uncategorized\/joy-reid-blog-mocked-chubbed-shrew-rosie-odonnell-backed-kick-ass-funny-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posts<\/a>. Rather than being fired for her hateful screeds, Reid was <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/satire\/joy-reid-lying-hack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">promoted<\/a>. As recently as 2020, she was <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/joy-reid-muslims-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">promoting<\/a> harmful stereotypes about Muslims, an oppressed minority.<\/p>\n<p>For too long, MSNBC employees have been forced to interact with some of the media industry&#8217;s most prominent perverts, including Chris Matthews, the disgraced former <em>Hardball<\/em> host who <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/chris-matthews-netanyahu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resigned<\/a> last year amid allegations of sexual harassment in the workplace. Just last week, however, MSNBC employees who may have been victimized by Matthews were forced to watch as host Nicolle Wallace interviewed him about his new <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/thrill-of-a-lifetime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">memoir<\/a>. Perhaps a union could help alleviate this ruthless cycle of triggered trauma.<\/p>\n<p>Union representation would have given MSNBC employees more power to pressure company executives to cut ties with <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/disgraced-former-nbc-anchor-matt-lauer-attends-cnn-presidents-birthday-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Lauer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/blog\/mark-halperin-joe-biden-harassers-unite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Halperin<\/a>, and other serial sex pests. Perhaps they could have pressured network hosts to refrain from exposing them to a criminal grifter such as <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/that-time-the-media-dubbed-michael-avenatti-savior-of-the-republic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Avenatti<\/a> on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>Think of the harm that might have been spared, for example, if the network&#8217;s executives were beholden to their actual employees, rather than the interests of influential Hollywood producers and Democratic megadonors. We may never know whether or not union representation would have prevented network bigwigs from <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/culture\/nbc-refused-ronan-farrows-harvey-weinstein-scoop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spiking<\/a> Ronan Farrow&#8217;s bombshell investigative report on Harvey Weinstein&#8217;s sex crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Three cheers for the MSNBC employees demanding a safer workplace, free of bigots, creeps, and grifters. It would seem the media conglomerate&#8217;s days of recklessly harming its employees may soon be at an end.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Satire The liberal network has a history of traumatizing its workers  Andrew Stiles \u2022 June 18, 2021 4:40 pm The journalists are unionizing again. 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