““We respect the rights of our freelance and temporary employees to express their opinions on the changes that have been made” VIACOM the MTV Freelancers walkout
by metro / metro new york
DEC 11, 2007
Times Square. Hundreds of freelancers working for Viacom, which owns MTV Networks, walked out of MTV headquarters yesterday to protest the terms of their new contracts, which cut benefits.
They estimated freelancers make up half of Viacom’s workforce.
“We respect the rights of our freelance and temporary employees to express their opinions on the changes that have been made,” Viacom said in a statement. “Our new programs and policies are still highly competitive with the rest of our industry.”
HALF the workforce of VIACOM is freelance. HALF. and they want to cut benefits to HALF the workforce? Oh, Sumner, you are indeed getting spongy in your pia mater
