Bargaining Update

Frontier (West Virginia)

CWAers at Frontier in West Virginia and Ashburn, Va., are continuing to bargain for a new contract that covers approximately 1,400 members. In the latest round of negotiations, the committees held discussions on the company’s work-at-home proposal. They also met for a presentation by the company regarding healthcare, which included Frontier’s active benefit proposal. The union committee is reviewing the proposal and information provided. The union’s bargaining committee is committed to gathering all of the necessary information needed to bargain a fair contract and ensure the issues that impact workers and their families are addressed. The workers, including those working from home, have continued to mobilize by holding workplace and virtual actions to strengthen their power at the bargaining table. Read more here.

CWAers at Frontier in West Virginia and Ashburn, Va., wore their CWA red to show their solidarity and collective power as they continue to mobilize and bargain for a new contract.

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The Second City

Comedy educators at The Second City in Hollywood, Calif., represented by CWA Local 9400, are mobilizing to fight against the company’s stalling tactics and bargain for a fair contract. Their union, Association of International Comedy Educators (AICE), which also includes workers in Chicago, Ill., represented by the Illinois Federation of Teachers, and Toronto, Ontario, represented by CWA Canada, have been negotiating for a first contract for more than 500 days without any meaningful progress.

The Second City leadership have been no-shows at the last several rounds of negotiations. Earlier this month, the workers launched a petition to pressure the company’s leadership to come to the table and bargain in good faith. Last Tuesday, AICE Chicago members released a video on social media calling on Second City management to respect its workers and negotiate an equitable first contract that addresses the workers’ priorities.

The Second City has been a training ground for generations of Canadian and American humorists. Alumni include Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Rick Moranis, Joan Rivers, and Amber Ruffin.

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NBC

NewsGuild-CWA members at NBC, who have been fighting for a first contract for three years, are continuing to mobilize to fight back against the company’s union busting. Last week, workers used a light display to call out members of the senior leadership at NBC for illegally laying off workers, slashing union members’ salaries, not showing up for bargaining sessions or responding to emails, striping workers of their union protections, and more. The workers used projections on buildings to shine a light on the executives behind the union-busting behavior. The workers plan to take further collective action against management’s illegal actions to demand justice and respect, and to swiftly reach an agreement on a first contract with the company.

NewsGuild-CWA members at NBC, who have been fighting for a first contract for three years, called out NBCUniversal News Group Chairman Cesar Conde and other members of the leadership team for being union busters using a light projection on the historic NBC Studios building in New York City.