WGA East Members Working At CBS 24/7 Hold Bicoastal Walkout
Harold Phillips | Published on 3/20/2026
Writers Guild of America East members at CBS News 24/7 held a 24-hour bicoastal walkout in New York and San Francisco on March 17th after management failed to reach an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement. The current CBS News 24/7 union contract expired March 9 at 11:59pm ET.
Members are fighting to protect their livelihoods during a period of uncertainty in broadcast news. Layoffs, editorial interference and political pressure have all become existential threats following the Paramount Skydance merger, and those same concerns have escalated with a possible merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery.
The CBS News 24/7 Union bargaining committee and contract action team said, “CBS News 24/7 journalists are walking off the job on both coasts today because management refuses to agree to a new contract with essential work protections and fair wages. Despite multiple days of good faith negotiations and a strike pledge signed by 95% of our members to emphasize the seriousness of our demands, management continues to offer us worse terms than in our last contracts.”
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