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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAfter Public Radio Station Hires Notorious Union-Buster, Employees Likely to Lose Union Vote
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http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/17324/after_public_radio_station_hires_notorious_union_buster_employees_likely_to
A view inside Baltimore public radio station WYPR's production booth. After a recent NLRB ruling, workers there likely will not be joining a union. (faultlesspajama / Flickr)
BY BRUCE VAIL THURSDAY, NOV 6, 2014, 6:30 AM
BALTIMORE Union supporters at public radio station WYPR had their hopes crushed last week when a hearing officer for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recommended against counting all the votes in a closely contested election held earlier this year. The October 31 recommendation almost certainly means the union will lose the election when the NLRB issues its final determination in the coming weeks, and leaves little hope that the organizing drive can go forward.
Hearing officer Chad M. Hortons report was critical to the drive by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) because the result of a July 30 election was so close. A preliminary count showed the union, which has a significant membership base in the public radio sector, losing by a vote of 9-11, but seven votes were not counted due to legal challenges from lawyers on both sides of the labor-management divideincluding attorneys from the union-busting firm Jackson Lewis.
By the unions reckoning, a favorable decision from Horton on the seven disputed votes would result in a tie, triggering a re-run of the election. Instead, Horton determined that two crucial pro-union votes should not be countedeffectively dealing an election defeat to the pro-union workers.
This is a disappointing conclusion that reflects an imperfect process by the NLRB and the managers of the radio station, according to a statement from the WYPR Organizing Committee. A majority of the full-time regular production and news staff still believe that our workplace and work product would be improved by collective bargaining. We are disheartened by management's decision to spend significant station resources to undermine our democratic effort. We hope they will commit as fully to making measurable improvements to the workplace and supporting the production staff.
FULL story at link.
BRUCE VAIL
Bruce Vail is a Baltimore-based freelance writer with decades of experience covering labor and business stories for newspapers, magazines and new media. He was a reporter for Bloomberg BNA's Daily Labor Report, covering collective bargaining issues in a wide range of industries, and a maritime industry reporter and editor for the Journal of Commerce, serving both in the newspaper's New York City headquarters and in the Washington, D.C. bureau.
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After Public Radio Station Hires Notorious Union-Buster, Employees Likely to Lose Union Vote (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Nov 2014
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(36,299 posts)1. "recommended against counting all the votes" ... wait, what ?
That smacks of criminal activity right there.