Nearly 120 full-time and per diem technicians, producers, sales and traffic employees working at Univisión station KMEX, Channel 34 in Los Angeles went on strike Oct. 23 after contract negotiations with the station broke down.

The 120 workers are members of the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians -- Communications Workers of America. According to a NABET press statement, the workers walked off the job "after station management failed to offer a proposal that addressed workers' concerns about jobs, employment security and wages."

NABET also claims that KMEX management is preventing its members from obtaining jobs that are being created by new technology.

KMEX spokesperson Patricia Ramos says the station is disappointed by the strike, claiming the two sides were making "dramatic and encouraging" progress in past week.

Earlier this year, NABET-CWA represented workers at Univisión station KFTV in Fresno, Calif. They staged a 43-day hunger strike seeking wage parity with workers at other stations in the market area.