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Local TV workers urge council support after layoffs they say followed unionization
Summary
Employees of Eyewitness News addressed the Evansville Common Council seeking elected-official support after about seven staff were laid off last week; speakers said layoffs followed the station’s unionization and asked officials to sign a support letter or call for reinstatement.
Former Eyewitness News employees and union organizers asked the Evansville Common Council on Monday to support their effort to have seven laid-off staff reinstated, saying the layoffs followed the station’s recent unionization and constituted retaliation.
John Fisher, who said he worked for the station for seven years,…
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