ABC - NABET WORKERS WALK OUT OF CONTRACT TALKS WITH ABC

Only days away from the expiration of their current contract, the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians-CWA pulled out of talks with ABC-TV, claiming that the network's demands would devastatingly injure pensions, security and other workers' rights. The current contract expires on March 31. In a statement issued on Friday, the union said, "Over the next few days, members of the union bargaining team and local union leaders will be communicating with members and holding meetings to discuss the situation and determine what steps the union will take next." ABC said that it was shocked by the union's reaction: "ABC did not expect NABET to like all the company proposals, just as there are many NABET proposals that ABC doesn't like, but we did expect them to negotiate, not just walk away," the network said.

26/03/2007