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Comcast Rhetoric Can't Hide Its Union Bias
Comcast Corp. claims to have a "pro-employee" attitude, but the company's actions and practices clearly demonstrate the company's anti-worker and anti-union bias.
That's the conclusion of a new study by American Rights at Work, a workers' rights advocacy group. The report, "No Bargain: Comcast and the Future of Workers' Rights in Telecommunications," examined National Labor Relation Board records and interviewed former and current Comcast employees as part of the analysis. The report was released June 23 at a Washington news conference. It's available online at www.americanrightsatwork.org.
"The report documents appalling practices that are routine at Comcast," said David Bonior, chair of the group and former member of Congress. Comcast "is making enormous profits at the expense of its workers, and blocking unions that could prevent this exploitation from continuing," he said.
The report cited several examples of Comcast moving jobs from unionized facilities, engaging in illegal activities to intimidate and harass workers trying to form unions, and giving additional pay and benefits to non-union workers while withholding increases from union workers.
"It's hard when you can't negotiate a raise for three and a half years, especially when you see Comcast giving raises in non-union shops," said Kevin Beallis, a Comcast worker in Chicago.
In the report, Professor Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, cited the effects on all workers when industry-leading companies like Comcast fail to meet their workplace responsibilities.
"It is clear that the current system of labor relations is broken. If the largest companies in American industry can ignore the intent of American labor law.... then imagine how far out of reach these same rights and benefits are to employees at less visible companies," he said.
That's the conclusion of a new study by American Rights at Work, a workers' rights advocacy group. The report, "No Bargain: Comcast and the Future of Workers' Rights in Telecommunications," examined National Labor Relation Board records and interviewed former and current Comcast employees as part of the analysis. The report was released June 23 at a Washington news conference. It's available online at www.americanrightsatwork.org.
"The report documents appalling practices that are routine at Comcast," said David Bonior, chair of the group and former member of Congress. Comcast "is making enormous profits at the expense of its workers, and blocking unions that could prevent this exploitation from continuing," he said.
The report cited several examples of Comcast moving jobs from unionized facilities, engaging in illegal activities to intimidate and harass workers trying to form unions, and giving additional pay and benefits to non-union workers while withholding increases from union workers.
"It's hard when you can't negotiate a raise for three and a half years, especially when you see Comcast giving raises in non-union shops," said Kevin Beallis, a Comcast worker in Chicago.
In the report, Professor Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, cited the effects on all workers when industry-leading companies like Comcast fail to meet their workplace responsibilities.
"It is clear that the current system of labor relations is broken. If the largest companies in American industry can ignore the intent of American labor law.... then imagine how far out of reach these same rights and benefits are to employees at less visible companies," he said.