Here is another example of liberal "progressivism" going astary -- a "progressive" FM station WBAI in NYC (I really like their programming, though) "going NPR" and becoming a union-busting force. Enjoy. wojtek sokolowski >Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 04:39:46 +0000 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Pacifica News feeds,Pacifica Management and Union busting >To: Recipients of conference <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-to: "Conference labr.party" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >X-Gateway: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Lines: 66 > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John P.McWilliams) >Subject: Pacifica News feeds,Pacifica Management and Union busting > > >>Hello everyone from KBOO.(Portland, Ore.) >> >>My name is R. Paul Martin, and I'm the Chief Steward in the Union at >>WBAI-FM, the New York City station of the Pacifica Network. >> >>I've heard that this evening you're going to be considering actions >>regarding Pacifica and its feeds, and I wanted to assure you that we >>here at WBAI would greatly appreciate anything you could do to help us >>to keep Pacifica Management from busting our Union. >> >>Both the Paid Staff and the Unpaid Staff here are under attack by >>Management, which has admitted that it's taking its orders from >>Pacifica. As you may know they have brought us (we're a part of the >>United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, Local 404) to >>the National Labor Relations Board in an attempt to remove one Paid >>Staff person and all Unapid Staff from the Collective Bargaining Unit >>(CBU) at WBAI. The Unpaid Staff produce about 19 hours of the weekday >>air and 23 hours of the weekend air on WBAI, and since this is the only >>product a radio station actually has, we are obviously doing work at the >>station. As people who are producing the actual product of the radio >>station we think we have a right to be represented. We have been a part >>of the CBU, and represented by the Union, for the almost 10 years that >>the Union has existed at WBAI. >> >>The Union has gone to the NLRB and filed Unfair Labor Practice charges >>aginst WBAI Management for their refusal to negotiate in good faith. At >>a recent Contract negotiation session Management tried to end the >>session after only 9 minutes. They have been using delaying tactics for >>months in order to avoid actually bargaining with the Union over ther >>Contract. >> >>As part of the current Contract negotiations WBAI Management is also >>demanding a number of economic give backs from the Paid Staff as well as >>demanding other give backs in areas such as vacations, grievances and >>child care. >> >>In the latest outrage at the station, Management has fired our Chief >>Engineer, who has worked at the station for about 20 years, on some >>trumped up charges. We are filing a grievance on this today, but this >>is just another part of the Pacifica plan to destroy community radio at >>WBAI. It appears that they are going to try to replace him with some >>Management hire they're going to make. >> >>If you could do something that would tell Pacifica Management that >>people outside of the Pacifica Network care about what's going on and >>disapprove of what Pacifica is doing it would help to communicate to >>them the need to stop this Union busting policy. >> >>If you want to see more about all of the you can visit my Web site below >>and view many of the primary documents related to this struggle, which >>has been going on for a number of months now. >> >>In Solidarity, >>R. Paul Martin >>Chief Steward, WBAI/UE >>-- >>http://www.interport.net/~rpmartin >> >> > Short Stories - Empty Shelf >http://www.pacifier.com/~taproot/EmptyShelf/ > > wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax: (410) 516-8233 +------------------------------------------------------+ |Wenn ich Kultur hoere, entsichere ich meinen Browning.| | -Hanns Johst | | | |When I hear "family values," I reach for my revolver. | | (no apologies to Hanns Johst) | +------------------------------------------------------+
