The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is calling on the Justice Department to sue to block Paramount‘s proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery unless “substantial and enforceable safeguards are put in place to increase domestic production and protect jobs.”
In an announcement on Thursday, the union said that it had submitted its concerns to the DOJ’s Antitrust Division.
“This merger threatens the livelihoods of the very workers who built these studios into industry giants,” Sean M. O’Brien, the Teamsters president, said in a statement. “We’ve seen what happens when corporations consolidate power: jobs disappear, production leaves American communities, and workers pay the price. The DOJ has a responsibility to stop deals that eliminate competition and harm working families. Unless Paramount and Warner Bros. can guarantee enforceable protections for domestic production and labor standards, this merger can’t be allowed to move forward.”
The Teamsters cited The Walt Disney
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