In the News: NABET-CWA Members Ratify Contract with ABC

NABET-CWA members nationwide have ratified a new four-year contract with Disney ABC after months of tough, tense bargaining and an overwhelming vote to authorize a strike if necessary. The pact covers 2,500 technicians, camera operators, news writers and other employees.

"On behalf of our bargaining committee, I want to thank our ABC members for their support and patience during these difficult negotiations," NABET-CWA President John Clark said. "Without their support, we wouldn't have been able to win the numerous and significant concessions we were able to wrest from the company during the intense final week of bargaining."

Among the union's victories, negotiators got ABC to drop its demand to eliminate its workers' defined-benefit pension plan, one of the key issues that led to the strike vote last spring.