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The Bottom Line
Following more than 50 years of labor peace between NABET-CWA and KGTV, McGraw-Hill Broadcasting is union-busting. In the Fall of 2005, the Company hired the law firm of Sheppard Mullin, a firm that boasts of providing employers with "union-free" environments. The lawyer representing KGTV is John D. Collins, of which his firm says, "He has assisted literally hundreds of companies in maintaining or achieving non-union status." Since January 2006, KGTV: • Intentionally created an impasse in negotiations even though the Union agreed to work together to achieve a fair contract. • Implemented changes against the will of the Employees after the unit turned down • Delayed returning to negotiations for over a year. • Modified their original proposals to make them even more devastating for Employees. • Issues weekly memos that "spin" the facts, misrepresent the facts or contain totally false information. • Refuses to return to the table to negotiate unless the Union gives up some bargaining rights in advance. • Retaliates against Employees for supporting the Union, including threats of termination. • Actively encourages Employees to bust the Union. • Was forced to settle multiple Unfair Labor Practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board because it could not defend those charges in court. The charges included unlawfully threatening and intimidating Employees, unlawful observation (photographing and videotaping) of Union activity, interfering with lawful handbilling and unlawfully using surveillance cameras without first negotiating with the Union. • The National Labor Relations Board has determined that the appropriate remedy for KGTV's refusal to bargain with the Union over layoffs is to return 3 NABET-CWA-represented Employees to work with full back pay. The NLRB has issued a complaint against KGTV and scheduled a hearing on July 28, 2008. • There have been no charges upheld against the Union. Local 54 has the support of the San Diego County labor community, representing over 120,000 working families. Those union members — and friends and families — have shunned 10News and its advertisers, dramatically impacting KGTV's ratings. Click here for the full story.
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