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Channel 10, Local 54 Together Since 1953
On April 3, 1953 NABET (now NABET-CWA) signed its first contract with Channel 10 (then KFSD-TV) and our members began months of hard work installing and testing television equipment.
That work culminated on September 13, 1953, when Channel 10 signed-on for the first time, an affiliate of the NBC Television Network.
Read more and view a historical photo album here.
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Working People Standing Together
What’s a union? It’s simple, really. Unions are working people standing together.
When workers have a union, they have a voice on the job. Working together, they negotiate good wages and working conditions so they can provide a better life for their families.
Union members have higher wages, greater job stability, retirement security, and access to quality healthcare for their families. It is no wonder that 57 million Americans who are not union members say they want to be part of one.
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Dennis Csillag
President
Robert Buchanan
Vice President
Joshua Case
Secretary
Eddie Ray
Treasurer
Frank Castillo Jr
Dennis Hileman
Sam Sandahl
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Calendar
August 26
Executive Board Meeting
September 23
Executive Board Meeting
October 21
Executive Board Meeting
January 27
Executive Board Meeting
February 24
Executive Board Meeting
March 24
Executive Board Meeting
April 21
Executive Board Meeting
About Us
Local 54 has represented employees of KGTV San Diego since the station signed-on in September of 1953. NABET-CWA represents Channel 10's Engineers, Technicians, Directors, Assistant Directors, Technical Directors, Media Managers, and Creative Services Producers, Videographer-Editors, Design Director and Graphic Designers.
NABET-CWA strives primarily to give its members a sense of pride in their work and dignity in their work place. We are comprised of highly specialized professional workers. Our efforts are directed to steadily improving our status through the achievement of better working conditions and higher wages.
NABET-CWA represents employees at ABC, NBC and over 100 private Radio, TV, Film and Video companies.
Before NABET-CWA, broadcast employees worked split shifts; there was no pay or time off for holidays; there was no overtime pay.
NABET-CWA has achieved the Union Shop; Paid vacation and statutory holidays; Lay-off and rehiring on seniority basis; Differential pay for night work; Discharge for just and sufficient cause only; 12-hour turn-around period; Late meal period penalties; Grievance procedure, including arbitration; Contract provisions for automation; Pension Plans; Overtime pay; Highest wages and best working conditions in the industry.
NABET-CWA is part of the Communications Workers of America. CWA is "The Union for the Information Age," representing 700,000 workers in communications, media, airlines, manufacturing and public service.