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BuzzFeed News Staffers Who Walked Off Job in Protest Told They Could Lose One Day’s Pay

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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorBuzzFeed told employees of BuzzFeed News who staged a walkout Thursday — protesting what their union claims is the media company’s refusal to negotiate on key contract terms — that their pay would be docked by one day, unless they retroactively applied for paid time off.“This morning, after learning our union members were walking off the job today, BuzzFeed management said they plan to dock us a day of pay unless we retroactively put in a day of PTO,” the BuzzFeed News Union tweeted Thursday. “Nonetheless, ALL of our members held strong and did not return to work today.”BuzzFeed News staff received an email Thursday morning from deputy editor-in-chief Tom Namako asking them to confirm whether they were.

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