The union representing workers at ABC6 is calling for a boycott of the station and NBC 10 in response to how WJAR-TV’s owner, Sinclair Broadcast Group, recently acquired the non-signal operations for WLNE-TV.

Meteorologist Kelly Bates is among what she said were dozens of workers who lost their jobs at Channel 6 as part of the change in management. She said NABET-CWA, Local 18, is calling for the boycott because the union was not contacted before the change, and since the job cuts leave ABC6 unable to deliver news at even a previously barebones level.

Bates, a viewer favorite whose job-loss resulted in more than 4,000 comments on her Facebook page, said it’s also bad for news consumers to consolidate the number of local news broadcasts in Rhode Island by using Channel 10’s content on Cha

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