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Barnes Got An Additional $41,000 Payout; KOMO Reporters Will Vote on De-Unionizing; PubliCola Makes the Podcast Rounds
August 12, 2026 // On August 12, the reporters, anchors, and other on-air staff at KOMO TV, a station owned by the conservative media company Sinclair, are scheduled vote on a proposal to leave their union, the Screenwriters Guild/ American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). The action, known as a decertification petition, was filed with the National Labor Relations Board last month, with reporter Jeremy Harris submitting the paperwork. The group of KOMO staffers who want to leave the union is represented by the National Right to Work Foundation, a national anti-union organization.