Contract Talks to Resume at ABC

Armed with an overwhelming vote by members to authorize a strike, NABET-CWA will resume contract talks with ABC next week in Chicago after a two-month break.

The vote, conducted by secret ballot in New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, San Francisco and Hollywood, was counted on May 14. NABET-CWA Vice President Jim Joyce called it a "strong vote of national solidarity with the bargaining committee" that will help the union "win a fair and equitable contract at ABC."

NABET-CWA broke off bargaining March 22 after ABC – three weeks into the talks – introduced a new demand to freeze the pension plan, along with proposals to weaken job security and otherwise rollback workers' rights and benefits.

NABET represents 2,500 technicians, camera operators, news writers and other ABC employees throughout the United States. The latest contract expired March 31.