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NLRB Finds Against Adelphia, Morgantown
Forty-three members of Local 2004 who ended their strike against Adelphia to avoid permanent replacement got good news last week when they learned that the National Labor Relations Board found merit in unfair labor practice charges CWA filed against the company.
The Morgantown, W.Va., workers returned to their jobs June 13, and local President Ron Gaskins said he has not been able to get a bargaining date with the company since.
The Dominion Post on Aug. 19 reported that the Pittsburgh office of the NLRB had found merit with several union charges. "They were paying non-striking employees additional money, that's what we found to be unlawful," Pittsburgh NLRB Director Gerald Kobell told reporters.
The NLRB has since been meeting with the company to try to work out a settlement and told the press that if one could not be reached in timely fashion, it would issue a formal complaint.
Meanwhile, CWA has filed a petition with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York, urging the court to appoint an examiner to investigate what it termed Adelphia's "scorched-earth strategy" toward its unions, charging that "Adelphia's blatant hostility towards labor undermines confidence in the debtor's ability to manage its reorganization."
The petition is supported by 26 pages of exhibits detailing the company's union-busting tactics in Morgantown. Gaskins said the company wasted $300,000 trying to bust the unit.
The Morgantown, W.Va., workers returned to their jobs June 13, and local President Ron Gaskins said he has not been able to get a bargaining date with the company since.
The Dominion Post on Aug. 19 reported that the Pittsburgh office of the NLRB had found merit with several union charges. "They were paying non-striking employees additional money, that's what we found to be unlawful," Pittsburgh NLRB Director Gerald Kobell told reporters.
The NLRB has since been meeting with the company to try to work out a settlement and told the press that if one could not be reached in timely fashion, it would issue a formal complaint.
Meanwhile, CWA has filed a petition with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York, urging the court to appoint an examiner to investigate what it termed Adelphia's "scorched-earth strategy" toward its unions, charging that "Adelphia's blatant hostility towards labor undermines confidence in the debtor's ability to manage its reorganization."
The petition is supported by 26 pages of exhibits detailing the company's union-busting tactics in Morgantown. Gaskins said the company wasted $300,000 trying to bust the unit.