A ‘Disappointed’ BuzzFeed Newsroom Walks Off the Job

Outside of BuzzFeed’s Manhattan offices on Monday, under a gray sky and occasional drops of rain, several dozen staffers of what was once the hottest news outlet on the Internet walked off their jobs. Lined up on the sidewalk along East 18th Street, they cheered and hoisted signs. “RECOGNIZE THE BUZZFEED UNION,” some read. Most, on yellow placards, read simply, “union,” in BuzzFeed’s signature script.

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