NABET-CWA Has New President

Jim Joyce, former NABET-CWA national vice president and past vice president of NABET-CWA Local 51016, is the new president of NABET-CWA. Joyce was named president by the NABET-CWA board on the retirement Jan. 31 of past president John Clark. An election will be held this summer.

NABET-CWA is in tough negotiations with NBC for a new contract covering about 2,500 technicians, camera operators and other workers, and members have been mobilizing in lots of creative ways, picketing outside the "Today" show production, putting a pro-union ad on NBC's "Facebook" page and mobilizing around NBC events like the Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center and the network's political programming.