Turn Off NBC' Bus Ads NABET's Latest Tool in Fight for Fairness

NABET-CWA message makes its way around Washington, D.C.

NABET-CWA members in Washington, D.C., are asking local residents to "Turn Off NBC 4" to support their fight for a fair contract as the network continues its union-busting campaign.

Bus ads, mobile billboards and an Internet campaign are the latest efforts by NABET-CWA activists in Washington and in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago to build support for a fair contract. The stations employ 2,500 NABET-CWA members.

The network wants to change workers' job titles, but not their jobs, to move work out of the bargaining unit.  NBC is also demanding changes in the seniority system that could hurt longterm employees.

The workers' contract expired March 31.