Posted on 04/08/2014 3:20:15 PM PDT by Libloather
National Labor Relations Board members ruled Monday that NBC Universal, the parent company of the namesake TV network and the cable news channel MSNBC, was illegally refusing to deal with its employees' union, the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians. It ordered the company to "cease and desist" avoiding the union.
"[T]he Respondent has been failing and refusing to bargain collectively and in good faith with the exclusive collective-bargaining representative of its unit employees and has engaged in unfair labor practices," ruled a three-member NLRB majority.
The announcement is ironic given that MSNBC has remade itself as a liberal news outlet and advocate of progressive causes like collective bargaining. Many of the hosts of its news programs, like Ed Schultz, are vociferous supporters of organized labor.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Heh heh. The bleeding of the entertainment business out of kalifornia will continue apace. Good news.
You can’t make this stuff up. The irony writes itself!!
-——The corporation’s disputes with organized labor have created some awkward moments for MSNBC’s liberal hosts. Last year, the AFL-CIO and Moveon.org produced a joint petition calling on Schultz, Rachel Maddow, Chris Hayes, Al Sharpton and Lawrence O’Donnell to meet with NBC workers seeking to unionize. Hayes was the only one to do so and did it privately, according to Salon.com.———
My word.... The hypocrisy is stunning....
As much as they lip sync the union song everyday, they should all resign ....
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