AFL-CIO Challenges MSNBC Hosts to Meet with NBC Labor Protestors

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, the largest federation of unions in the country, has published an open letter to some of the biggest names on MSNBC, including Ed Schultz, Al Sharpton, Chris Hayes, Rachel Maddow, and Lawrence O’Donnell, publicly asking them to meet with and support the efforts of labor protesters at an NBC production company.

Workers of Peacock Productions have been fighting to form a union, and the AFL-CIO is hoping for some of the union-supporting MSNBC hosts to hear their complaints.

Millions of viewers across the country look to your shows as a platform for progressive ideas and advancing workers’ rights. The workers at Peacock respect your work, as do we, and have seen the influence you have on many issues important to working people. We urge you to take the time to meet with these producers and associate producers to hear their concerns firsthand. We would be glad to join you. We know you will be moved, as we have been.

Hayes reportedly met with the protestors already, though neither he nor any of his colleagues the letter was addressed to has said much publicly on the matter, with the exception of Schultz.

And Schultz only addressed it to fire back at the liberals going after him for not being outspoken on the issue in the first place.

[h/t POLITICO]

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