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In a brave defense of symbolism, reporters at the Wall Street Journal have stopped making unpaid appearances on CNBC. They're doing this to protest the Journal's position in its contract talks.

Fight the power, fellas!

According to the AP:

Browning, who has worked at the paper for 27 years, said the company told union negotiators that they were unwilling to discuss any of the proposals made by the union.

"To go into a meeting and be told there's not a single proposal they're willing to discuss is a pretty nasty way to start negotiations," Browning said.

In addition to suspending unpaid appearances on CNBC by Journal reporters, Browning also said union members would no longer do podcasts or Webcast interviews for the newspaper's Web site.

I'm not sure if this has already taken effect, or maybe it's up to each reporter to decide. Already today, Gregory Zuckerman, Bob O'Brien, David Wessel and Vauhini Vara have been on CNBC. Perhaps they're getting paid. Hmmm...will CNBC turn to bloggers?

Charlie Gasparino has already stood up for the working class. He hasn't updated SquawkBlog in over three months. OK, that was mean.

Posted by edelfenbein at November 16, 2006 3:45 PM