The NLRB was affirmed by the DC Circuit, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars of back pay delivered to union members this year. NBC knows this precedent well, previously having been found by the NLRB to have violated federal law by cutting union salaries in 2020 without bargaining. Under well-settled NLRB precedent, employers cannot conduct layoffs without bargaining with the union during negotiations for a first contract. The union filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge against the company at the National Labor Relations Board on January 13. On January 12, NBC illegally laid off seven bargaining unit members, and informed several others that, while still employed, they were no longer protected by the union. NATIONAL - This morning, NBC Digital News Guild, a union representing just under 300 workers across NBC News, MSNBC, and TODAY Digital, sent a letter to management announcing that a supermajority of workers in the unit are committed to walking out on Thursday, February 9, unless the company walks back their unlawful actions. Workers call out NBC Universal for repeatedly breaking the law, most recently illegally laying off union membersĪlong with illegal actions, workers are fighting back against bad-faith bargaining Over 200 Journalists at NBC News, MSNBC, TODAY Digital Plan to Walk Off the Job
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