“More than 95% of employees had signed a strike pledge on 10 March, a day after the unit’s contract expired, asking for “guaranteed wage increases, meaningful overtime rules, protected union jurisdiction, and flexible work from home protections”.”

“The walkout had come amid broader uncertainty about the fate of CBS News employees. Ten days after the union signed the strike pledge, the network laid off 6% of employees and shuttered its historic CBS News Radio service.”

“More layoffs at the Bari Weiss-led network are expected in the event that parent company Paramount Skydance’s pending acquisition of CNN parent company Warner Bros Discovery is approved, as part of a broader strategy to achieve $6bn in cost-saving “synergies” from the deal.”