Comcast and Time Warner discriminated against union workers by di...
Comcast and Time Warner discriminated against union workers by discouraging them from keeping their membership after the firms complete the proposed $17.6 billion purchase of Adelphia systems, the CWA said. Time Warner Cable won’t commit to existing union contracts…
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after the deal, unlike a string of other telecom firms whose mergers were recently approved by the FCC, CWA economist Ken Peres said in an interview. A Time Warner official told employees before a L.A. union decertification vote they stood to lose benefits including a pension plan if they remained in the union, said CWA. That led to a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). That agency “impounded the votes,” CWA said in an FCC filing last week; NLRB officials couldn’t confirm the existence of an investigation. In Dallas, Time Warner officials have refused to meet with CWA members or its leaders while meeting with nonunion employees, said Peres: “It’s like picking and choosing in delivering your message.” Comcast fired an Oakland, Cal., worker who testified to the city council contrary to Comcast’s position on a franchise matter, said Peres. A Comcast spokesman wouldn’t comment on issues raised by CWA, other than to say the firm supports workers. Time Warner said CWA’s “allegations are lacking in merit” and “rehashes” previous complaints it has answered, it said in a Tues. FCC filing. A company spokeswoman declined to comment further.