Netflix | Staff to stage walkout as 'transphobic joke' row deepens - what HR needs to know

Netflix staff are planning a walkout following clashes with leadership, as the row deepens over a “transphobic” joke in one of its new comedy shows.

Trans staff and their allies at the streaming giant’s US offices are reportedly set to stage the industrial action on October 20, according to The Verge.

It follows controversy over Netflix’s new Dave Chappelle stand-up special The Closer, in which the comedian voices support for the ‘TERF’ movement (trans-exclusionary radical feminist).

In the wake of calls for the show to be taken down from the platform, CEO Ted Sarandos said they would not be doing so, writing in an internal memo: “...we work hard to support their creative freedom — even though this means there will always be content on Netflix some people believe is harmful.”