A Sinclair journalist, who has been trying to resist from inside the newsroom — but who doesn’t have a union — explains why it’s so hard for TV anchors to refuse the Sinclair’s editorial edicts. They have contracts that penalize them if they quit. pic.twitter.com/pFGVglxAQU— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) April 2, 2018
Oh, and also apparently Sinclair can fire you for whatever reason. pic.twitter.com/X0QocwJzXI— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) April 2, 2018
At the L.A. Times, for example, where we haven’t collectively bargained a contract for the newsroom yet, we’re at-will employees, which means the company can fire us for any reason it likes. But we also don’t have to pay fines if we quit.
