NABET-CWA Hosts Pickets in Protest of Layoffs

Last month, members of NABET-CWA Local 54048 held two informational pickets to educate the Saginaw, Mich., community about the ongoing labor dispute with WNEM-TV, owned by Gray Television.

WNEM-TV recently issued two layoff notices to engineering employees without following the required seniority provisions of the labor contract. As a result, NABET-CWA has filed grievances and an unfair labor practice charge. Both employees, who are also officers of the union, have filed state and federal discrimination charges against the station.

NABET-CWA members and retirees, along with members of the Mid-Michigan Central Labor Council, political allies, and college educators, picketed in front of the television station prior to a joint federal mediation session. Several guests who were scheduled to appear on-air at the television station refused to cross the picket line. An informational picket was also held during the area Thanksgiving Holiday Parade.

NABET-CWA represents more than fifty workers at WNEM-TV, including on-air, engineering/maintenance, news production, news producers, and web employees.

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This post originally appeared on cwa-union.org.