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CWA, NABET-CWA, and NewsGuild-CWA condemn unlawful executive order interfering with press freedom for public media

Contact: Moira Bulloch – mbulloch@cwa-union.org / 202-434-1168

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Communications Workers of America (CWA) union, representing public media workers at local stations for NPR and PBS across the country and non-editorial workers at the national headquarters of NPR and PBS, has condemned President Trump’s unlawful executive order impeding the freedom of the press for local public TV and radio stations receiving funding through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).

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