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NLRB finds WTMJ in Violation of the ACT
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On: Dec 25, 2009 (22:11:00)
The Milwaukee office of the National Labor Relations Board has found evidence that Journal Broadcasting Group’s WTMJ-TV violated federal labor law. Because of WTMJ’s ongoing illegal activity.
View our YouTube video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1RmFDqnBrM
Local 715 is trying to negotiate a contract covering the station’s broadcast engineers even though The Journal Corporation has thrown roadblocks in the path of those negotiations but Local 715 has argued that those obstacles are illegal under federal labor law.
On September 28, 2009, in a union-busting tactic unprecedented in the experience of IBEW Local 715, Journal Communications—faced with continued solidarity of its employees behind their Union’s efforts to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement—decided to unlawfully suspend bargaining and illegally implement their final offer. The goals of Journal Communications in the implementation, has been to force its reductions in the workforce, wages and to eliminate seniority on its unionized employees.
IBEW Local 715 continues in its attempt to negotiate a successor collective bargaining agreement on behalf of the Union’s engineering bargaining unit, which includes approximately 30 broadcast engineers who are currently employed at Journal Broadcast Group’s WTMJ-TV, WTMJ-AM and WLWK-FM stations. Prior to 2007, the IBEW has successfully negotiated contract agreements with WTMJ Radio then with WTMJ-TV for more than 70 years. Christopher Albrecht, Business Manager of Local 715, indicated, “We knew that the Company’s tactics were underhanded and dishonest. Instead of trying to accomplish its goals legally, at the bargaining table, the Company has illegally implemented a final offer. Its goals of driving down wages and the solidarity of its employees were very transparent. The Union and its membership have rejected this stunt by Journal Communications. Our goal is simply to get our employer to abide by the law,” he said. “Ultimately, we will continue to seek to reach a contract that both parties can live with.”
Local 715 hopes the workers of Southeastern Wisconsin will join with WTMJ-TV workers to oppose the Journal Corporation’s illegal activity. The WTMJ Solidarity Committee is maintaining a web presence at www.whytrusttmj4.com which is regularly updated with the status of our situation. Community leaders and workers are standing firm against corporate greed because workers know that union jobs are good, middle-class jobs that support workers and their families. Workers are standing firm to protect their jobs and hard-earned benefits in the face of the Journal Corporation’s willingness to sacrifice the quality of the product to achieve its “business objectives” of enriching a few high level managers who do not care for the community only their pocketbooks.
Workers at the Journal Corporation should not tolerate the Company’s bad faith bargaining and unfair labor practices. Local 715 will not sit by and let the Journal Corporation destroy seven decades of progress and destroy the lives of working families to fund its corporate greed.
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Quarterly Dues Reminder
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On: Jan 16, 2010 (22:41:00)
January 16, 2010
Your First Quarter dues are now past due, the grace period expired January 15, 2010.
Full-time dues formula is: 7.5 x hourly rate + $42.00.
Freelance dues are: $38.00 monthly; $114.00 quarterly.
Membership retention: $14.50 monthly; $43.50 quarterly (no work permitted)
Part-time members, you will be billed based on your fourth-quarter earnings reports after they are received from your employer in the next few days.
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Workers Independent News
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On: May 08, 2009 (15:12:00)
What is Workers Independent News? WIN is the readio voice of America's working families and organized labor. WIN is endorsed by the AFL-CIO. Their job is to bring the voices and issues of working Americans to the public airwaves, so that the general public hears and becomes aware of the issues and the perspective of America's workforce.
WIN updates its site every day. Give it a try today: www.laborradio.org
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Welcome to our new website!
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On: May 08, 2009 (15:11:00)
IBEW Local 715 makes information available on this website as a service to our members and other friends for informational purposes only. This website is not intended to be used as a substitute for specific legal advice, nor should you consider it as such. You should not act (or refrain from acting) based upon information on this site without obtaining professional advice regarding your particular facts and circumstances. The informational on this site is not guaranteed or promised to be current. This site contains links to other sites. IBEW Local 715 makes no guarantees or promises regarding these sites.
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Why Trust TMJ-4?
They beg you to trust TMJ4. But if we can't trust them, why should you?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1RmFDqnBrM |
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