Labor Dispute Threatens NBC's Christmas in Rockefeller Center
Won’t someone please think of the children?
The union that represents nearly 3,000 NBC producers, writers and technicians launched How the NBC Grinch Could Steal Christmas, complete with a Dr. Seuss parody poem (see jump), in an attempt to rekindle stalled negotiations with the network over a new contract, with NBC’s 12th annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center telecast being used as a bargaining chip.
National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET-CWA) Local 11 president Ed McEwan said the union’s contract expired in March, and there has been very little progress toward reaching a new pact.
McEwan added:
We can’t let the Grinch at NBC steal another Christmas from thousands of honest working people.
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