IN THE NEWS: NABET Members Take on McGraw-Hill Union-Busting

NABET-CWA members on the East Coast are backing their West Coast brothers and sisters in their fight for fairness at the McGraw-Hill owned TV station, KGTV, in San Diego, Calif.

McGraw-Hill, which had a good relationship with station employees for more than 50 years, went on the attack in 2006, demanding job cuts and seeking to replace union positions with non-union work. Negotiations were bitter, and the company presented Local 59054 with a final offer that the union rejected. Last March, KGTV unilaterally imposed parts of the final offer.

NABET members have been mobilizing ever since, and members recently turned out at McGraw-Hill headquarters in New York City to leaflet about the company's union-busting tactics and refusal to bargain.

The leaflet urged people to go to a new website, www.McGraw-HillUnfair.com to learn more and take action. Local 59054 President Dennis Csillag said his members are grateful for the help and solidarity from their NABET-CWA brothers and sisters, which was a big success. "We can tell New Yorkers care by the record number of hits to the website," he said