Comcast’s NBC Takeover – What does it mean?
On the face of it, nothing good, at least for union members. GE is expected to announce the sale of NBC to Comcast some time this coming week.
“If NBC’s parent, GE, is virulently anti-union, Comcast makes GE look like the Wobblies.” That’s how one staff negotiator who has dealt with both put it.
One sub-unit at NBC that’s probably really worried is the NBC News group that decertified its union a few years back. They gave up severance benefits in the deal that in some cases more than $250,000, saying they were happy with their management, and they didn’t want to pay inion dues or AFTRA health insurance premiums when they could get GE benefits.
Ooops.
Comcast has obviously not dealt with Teamsters local 399 yet. We will school them on Union negotiating.
@Transpo: YES !!!
u will school them on what…they start shooting all there shows via the the signed cable contract and then sell them to the networks…..they chop your good paying jobs down to none, legally , and your desperate brothers take them because they need the jobs…and here you are, espousing BS before you even know what is going on…Mr. tough guy, huh…