Hearst hasn’t been the only media company on the National Labor Relations Board’s mind.
The federal agency that oversees workplace disputes has just approved CNN’s offer of $76 million in back pay for camera operators and technicians, who accused the cable news channel of firing them because they were part of a union.
This sum, which brings the lengthy battle to an end and will be shared among 300 individuals, is the biggest in the NLRB’s 85-year history, adding up to more than what the agency collects on average in a typical year.
The dispute stems back to 2003 when CNN terminated a contract with Team Video Services, a company that had been providing CNN video services in Washington, D.C., and New York City.
CNN subsequently hired new employees to perform the same work without recognizing or bargaining with the two unions that had represented the TVS employees and conveyed to the workers in question that their prior employment with TVS and union affiliation disqualified them from employment.
This sparked a long legal battle, resulting in an administrative law judge ruling in 2008 that CNN’s actions violated the National Labor Relations Act.
It was not until 2014 that the NLRB agreed and ordered CNN to bargain with the
The federal agency that oversees workplace disputes has just approved CNN’s offer of $76 million in back pay for camera operators and technicians, who accused the cable news channel of firing them because they were part of a union.
This sum, which brings the lengthy battle to an end and will be shared among 300 individuals, is the biggest in the NLRB’s 85-year history, adding up to more than what the agency collects on average in a typical year.
The dispute stems back to 2003 when CNN terminated a contract with Team Video Services, a company that had been providing CNN video services in Washington, D.C., and New York City.
CNN subsequently hired new employees to perform the same work without recognizing or bargaining with the two unions that had represented the TVS employees and conveyed to the workers in question that their prior employment with TVS and union affiliation disqualified them from employment.
This sparked a long legal battle, resulting in an administrative law judge ruling in 2008 that CNN’s actions violated the National Labor Relations Act.
It was not until 2014 that the NLRB agreed and ordered CNN to bargain with the
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