Citadel Radio Negotiations Bulletins

 

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An open letter from Paul Vasquez

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CWA brothers and sisters at AT&T need our support during their negotiations.

Please take a few minutes to sign an electronic petition at www.unionvoice.org/campaign/attdowhatsright

Then ask your family and friends to do the same.

This kind of support is what we have always been lacking. That was NABET's fault for not seeking the help of CWA during our negotiations. In addition to helping others, you should think of these actions as the beginning of our next negotiation process.

Reminder: Our CWA local number is 51016

Information on the ABC Layoff and Buyout offer

4-6-2009

The Local 16 Executive Board, with nine of eleven members participating, had a conference call Sunday, April 5 to discuss the status of the SL HH buyout/layoff process. Among the topics were the number of members who have informed the company they intend to accept the buyout offer, a proposal from management concerning the POST group, and our possible courses of action between now and Friday, the deadline to accept a buyout.
More tomorrow.

3-11-2009

Paul and Rich met with managers and Labor Relations to discuss where we are in the Sl HH buyout/layoff process and possible alternatives to it. Among those alternatives were suggesting the swapping of members who were not offered a buyout but who would want one for a member who does not want a buyout and who might be laid off.

Management is evaluating that alternative and others we discussed and will respond to us shortly.

2-28-2009

We are attempting to meet with management to continue the process. We have met to discuss the lists though there are still open issues about the GRO and POST lists. The next meeting will be to discuss the overall situation now that management has decided which members they will accept into the buyout program.

Those members have until April 10 to decide if they will accept the buyout and the number who do will potentially have an impact on the number, if any, of layoffs management may want.

For now, we have filed, and had signed by management, a grievance about the specific implementation of SL HH. If there are layoffs Local 16 is prepared to fight them.

2-23-2009

Management has decided who they will offer buyouts to. The offers were placed in the mail on Friday. Members who are expecting a letter from management should receive it by Monday. If you do not receive an expected letter by then contact your manager and the union to clarify your position.

We continue to meet with management about the SL HH buyout layoff process. Monday afternoon we met about the GRO and POST groups. We asked questions about the makeup of the groups and criteria used to construct them. The meeting will be continued soon. Several points about the POST group need to be clarified before we can continue.

2-15-2009

Tuesday 2-17-2009 is the deadline for members affected by the SLHH and SL EZ-2 buyouts, who wish to, to return letters of interest in a buyout to management.

2-13-2009

If you are thinking of taking a buyout, please call the ABC-NABET Retirement Trust Plan (215) 483-6000 today or Tuesday to confirm your Rule of 85 date or Early Retirement date if you have not already done so.

SL24/HH UPDATE 2-11-2009

We are continuing to interview affected members about their individual situations. The point of the interviews is to understand what each member wants from this process. As we have these talks several things keep coming up.

Among the most frequent and important is the lists of members created by management. We cannot discuss the lists in this public forum but it is important for you to know that we have not accepted any of the lists yet.

We will meet with management about the groups starting Wednesday with the four groups A1, A2, LDE, and Video that exist in the studio. We will report back on these meetings later.

On Monday February 2, 2009, management informed the union of a staff reduction in BO&E. Using SL24/HH, the Alternative Layoff Procedure negotiated in the last contract, they are seeking to reduce 42 staff jobs from among 8 groups they are creating for this purpose. There are 115 members in the affected groups.

Letters informing the members of their inclusion in one of these groups were overnighted by management to their homes on Tuesday. Each of the members either has been or will be contacted by the union to discuss their individual situation.

We will use e-mail and our web site to post periodic updates on this process for the general membership but the details will be sparse until it is over. We want to protect the affected members privacy as much as possible.

Million Member Mobilization

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To: The New President and Congress

I urge you to enact the Employee Free Choice Act immediately.

This crucial legislation will protect workers' freedom to choose a   union and bargain, without management intimidation. Allowing more workers to freely join unions and bargain with their employers will help rebuild the middle class by expanding health care, improving retirement security and raising the standard of living for America's working families. My bargaining rights are worth working for and voting for!

BURST is planning for future New York AVID classes. We need to know how many members are interested and what their preferred schedules are. The classes are held over three consecutive days. Contact training at nabet16 dot org. Click here for more info.

WELCOME to the website of NABET-CWA Local 16 (CWA Local 51016) New York City. The National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET) is the Broadcasting and Cable Sector of the Communications Workers of America (CWA).

Local 16 represents over 1200 workers at the ABC Television Network and WABC-TV divisions of the Walt Disney Company, WABC-AM, WPLJ-FM, ABC Radio Networks and also WOR-AM (New York) and KYW Radio (Philadelphia).

NABET-CWA also represents workers at four other ABC operations in Chicago, Washington, Los Angeles and San Francisco and dozens of local stations around the country.

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