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During Congressional hearings concerning a Comcast and NBC merger, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts said the deal would not result in employees being laid off. Roberts explained that the two companies are not direct competitors, so there would be little overlap in jobs. However, the Communications Workers of America which combined represents nearly 5,000 workers at the two companies, opposes the deal. The labor organization cited previous mergers of similar companies, such as Time Warner merging with AOL, which resulted in thousands of layoffs.