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DNC Threatens to Drop Debate Sponsor WMUR Over Labor Dispute
All three of the party's presidential candidates have urged the station to resolve an ongoing labor dispute before the Dec. 19 debate.
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The Democratic National Committee is threatening to revoke ABC affiliate WMUR’s sponsorship of its Dec. 19 presidential debate amid an ongoing labor dispute at the New Hampshire station, the party said Thursday.
All three Democratic candidates for president—Hillary Clinton, Martin O’Malley and Bernie Sanders—have urged the station’s leadership, including parent company Hearst, to begin negotiations with IBEW Local 1228 before the debate. While there had been indications that talks about adding the union’s members to the station’s pension plan would start before the candidates take the stage in Manchester later this month.