BROADCAST News
The Newsletter for SAG-AFTRA Broadcasters // VOL. 3 // ISSUE 1 // SPRING 2014
NEWS IN BRIEF
KPBS STAFFERS JOIN UNION //
Fifty-five public media professionals who
produce, report, host and present content
for television, radio and the Internet at
KPBS in San Diego voted in November to
join SAG-AFTRA.
CPM STAFF VOTES FOR SAG-AFTRA //
Forty-nine media professionals at Chicago
Public Media who produce, report, host
and present content for WBEZ, Vocalo,
Sound Opinions and CPM’s digital services
voted in December to join SAG-AFTRA.
KMEX STAFF GETS NEW CONTRACT //
Staff at KMEX in Los Angeles have ratified
a successor agreement with Univision’s
Channel 34 that includes enhanced
benefits for the next three years. The
contract covers 27 members.
BSC MEETS IN D.C. //
The National Broadcast Steering
Committee met in Washington, D.C., on
Dec. 7. The next meeting is scheduled for
March 15 in New York City.
N.Y. MENTOR PROGRAM //
The 10th annual SAG-AFTRA New York
Broadcast Mentoring Program will take
place April 5. The program is free and
open to all college students interested in a
career in TV or radio news.
QUALITY JOURNALISM CAMPAIGN //
We’d like to know what you think about
quality journalism. What trends or issues
are you seeing in your news and broadcast
community? Send your observations to
[email protected].
KDTV MEMBERS APPROVE CBA //
Nine reporters, anchors and hosts for KDTV
in San Francisco ratified a new agreement
with the Univision-owned and operated
station in San Francisco.
PROTECTING YOUR RIGHTS
SAG-AFTRA, MEDIA COALITION
PUSH FOR A FEDERAL SHIELD LAW
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By Jeffrey Bennett // Chief Deputy General Counsel, Legal & Government Affairs
While never far from the attention of media
n 2005, the public debate over whether
there should be a federal shield law
organizations, it was not until last year that the
protecting journalists from being forced to
public debate resumed, after the Department
reveal their sources came front and center
of Justice’s broad subpoena for The Associated
in the now-infamous case
Press phone records.
involving the outing of
IF PASSED, THE LAW
Now, bipartisan legislaValerie Plame as a CIA
WOULD
BE
A
STEP
TOWARD
tion for a federal shield
operative, and the
subsequent jailing of
ESTABLISHING REASONABLE law is once again being
considered in Congress.
then-New York Times
RULES
FOR
WHEN
THE
SAG-AFTRA has joined
reporter Judith Miller
GOVERNMENT
AND
OTHERS
with a large contingent of
for refusing to name her
source. Though the events CAN SEEK INFORMATION FROM media organizations to
push to get the law finally
surrounding the Plame
JOURNALISTS
AND
THEIR
passed.
case were controversial
— Miller never actually
SERVICE PROVIDERS.
The Free Flow of Informawrote a story identifying
tion
Act
of
2013
(H.R.
1962/S. 987) would allow
Plame, among other things — it nonetheless
journalists
to
keep
their
sources confidential
sparked debate over whether a federal shield
without
the
threat
of
prosecution.
law should be passed.
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CONNECTING WITH CATHERINE BROWN:
COMMUNICATION IS KEY
B
roadcasters are brilliant communicators. This observation comes from
watching and listening to some of the
best in the business over my lifetime.
For more than four decades, it has been
my privilege to work alongside great
storytellers and investigative journalists. Our professional mission is to turn
sometimes-complicated and in-depth
information and ideas into easy-to-understand stories for our
audience, consumers, customers and our own colleagues.
Communicating with each other is what keeps our union strong. To
that end, the SAG-AFTRA National Broadcast Steering Committee
(BSC) is our best connection to fellow broadcasters, union leaders,
members and staff. In some locals, we’re strengthening the connection by forming local BSCs. For example, we invited Philadelphia
broadcasters, shop stewards, and active and retired members to
attend a 2013 BSC meeting in Center City, Philadelphia. That was
the start of our Philadelphia Local BSC.
Right now, SAG-AFTRA actors and performers are laying the
groundwork for successful theatrical negotiations through wages
and working conditions (W&W) meetings nationwide.
SAG-AFTRA broadcasters understand how our union contracts
elevate our work and our careers, and it’s essential that we take
responsibility for keeping the connection to our union strong and
relevant. For us, the BSCs are much like year-round W&W
meetings. We discuss contracts, issues, trends and other important
things happening in the news and broadcast industry.
I urge you to communicate with your local board and staff, identify
key local broadcasters and start a local BSC. Compose a committee
mission statement and select local chairs. It’s that simple. Make the
connection and keep communicating.
Catherine Brown is the national vice president, broadcasters.
A MOMENT WITH JOE KREBS:
WORKING WITH
SOCIAL MEDIA
A
s I’m writing this, Twitter is catching my
eye. I’m learning that Taco Bell will soon
be selling the Waffle Taco for breakfast, that the
turmoil in Ukraine is a challenge for Putin, and
that John Dingell is retiring from Congress
after almost 60 years.
It’s hard to look away — so much so fast. Social media is the way many of
us get and many of us deliver the news these days.
At our last National Broadcast Steering Committee meeting in Washington D.C. on Dec. 7, a panel of D. C. journalists described what it was like
to cover the Navy Yard shootings using Twitter and Facebook.
If you recall, on Sept. 16, 2013, a gunman killed 12 people and wounded
three others during a shooting rampage. The reporters described how
they were quickly able to get information out to the public and the care
they had to take to make sure the information was reliable and confirmed. But this communications revolution is also a work revolution.
These new demands change working conditions.
How we use social media, when we use it, the standards that guide us
and who owns our work, our followers and our “friends,” are all topics for
the bargaining table and concerns for your SAG-AFTRA negotiators and
staff. But they need to know what’s being asked of you and what’s going
on in your shop.
So this letter is a call for help — a call to help your reps help you. Stay in
touch and stay involved. Send us your thoughts to [email protected].
Joe Krebs is chair, National Broadcast Steering Committee.
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A MESSAGE FROM
CHIEF BROADCAST OFFICER
MARY CAVALLARO
I
never cease to be impressed
by the selfless and thoughtful work of SAG-AFTRA
members on behalf of their
colleagues, whether it is at the
negotiating table, a unit meeting, a grievance proceeding or
labor-management meeting.
The professionalism, integrity
and respect that
SAG-AFTRA members bring
to their work as journalists
and/or broadcast professionals can also be seen in the
way they approach their efforts in organizing their
shop, negotiating and administering their contracts.
SAG-AFTRA employs a staff of skilled and ardent
advocates, but the strength of SAG-AFTRA is with its
members, those working in the studios, on the sets, in
the field and newsrooms.
I have had the privilege to sit at negotiating tables
with the most thoughtful advocates for workers in our
industry — union members who have sacrificed for
their colleagues at every turn. Your voice is critical to
the strength of SAG-AFTRA. Taking ownership of your
union by assuming a leadership position,
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MEMBER NEWS
Buffalo broadcaster JACQUIE WALKER of
WIVB-TV Channel 4 recently celebrated
her 30th anniversary as an anchor. Walker
is the longest-serving female anchor in
Buffalo television history.
Clockwise from top left: Actors Barry Pearl, Tina Marie Nigro Jackson and broadcaster Hal Eisner; KCBS/KCAL weather anchor
Josh Rubenstein (in blue jacket) works with students at the academy; volunteers and KTLA broadcasters Kacey Montoya and Sara Welch.
APTRA ACADEMY TRAINS
FUTURE BROADCASTERS
T
he suspects were surrounded at a remote
camp in the hills of Malibu, Calif. Police
had their guns drawn as news crews circled the
arrest. As the suspects were handcuffed and led
to squad cars, they shouted obscenities, claiming
to have started a fire in the hills to prevent the
destruction of the environment.
These environmental terrorists weren’t real, however. They were SAG-AFTRA actors, recruited
by fellow union member and broadcaster Hal
Eisner for a weekend broadcast mentoring camp
for aspiring reporters and anchors on Dec. 7.
Eisner, a reporter for Fox 11 News in Los
Angeles, founded the Associated Press Television
and Radio Academy 14 years ago with the help
of The Associated Press and Pepperdine University, as well as many reporters, anchors and
others in the broadcast community. The camp
pairs working broadcast journalists and
SAG-AFTRA members with those just starting
out or still in school, who are tasked with covering a simulated breaking news event.
The academy splits the participants between
those who are gearing their careers toward
becoming anchors on a news desk and those
who want to be out in the field as reporters,
producers and photographers. Professional
broadcasters are assigned to mentor the team as
they cover an elaborate news story plotted out
by Eisner and other participants, including local
public information officials from Los Angeles
fire and police departments.
“By setting up a realistic-feeling mock news
story … the goal was to help aspiring news
broadcasters produce resume material they
could use in their job-hunting efforts,” Eisner
said. “There were people who helped us and,
without them, we might not have had the successes we’ve enjoyed in our careers. With that
‘paying it forward’ thought in mind, we are now
preparing for our 15th camp in December 2014.
It’s gratifying how many great broadcasters who
are on the air now in cities across the country
have participated in the APTRA Academy over
the years.”
Throughout the weekend, participants also had
the opportunity to meet and hear from special
guests, among them Eisner’s colleague Christine
Devine, who spoke about her career in broadcast. Devine was joined by her former colleague
at Fox 11, Carlos Amezcua, to talk about their
work as anchors.
The camp not only educates the aspiring broadcasters, but the mentors as well.
“I learn from these young journalists just as
much as they learn from me,” said veteran Fox 11
reporter Tony Valdez, who has been volunteering for the academy for 12 years. “I always learn
new approaches and ways to do my work.” •
Hosts of
the morning
program THE
DOC & ANDIE
SHOW of
Philadelphia
country
From left, CMA Award
station 92.5
winners Medek, Summers
XTU were
and Crockett.
named Major
Market Personalities of the Year by the
Country Music Association. The team,
Ken “Doc” Medek, Andie Summers and
sidekick producer Kevin Crockett, have
been working together for three years.
Rochester station WHEC NEWS10NBC was
honored with the 2013 National Edward R.
Murrow Award for outstanding achievement
in breaking news coverage of the Webster
Christmas Eve shooting. News10NBC is
the only Rochester news station to receive
this national award. The station was also
honored with the regional Murrow Award
and the Associated Press Award for
outstanding breaking news coverage.
National Board and San Francisco
Local Board member BOB BUTLER was
elected national president of the National
Association of Black Journalists at the
organization’s national convention in the
summer.
Longtime Univision anchor RAFAEL PINEDA
retired as WXTV-41’s main anchor on
Dec. 20. Pineda has held the main anchor
position with the Spanish-language station
since 1972. The Emmy-winning Pineda is
the longest-serving television news anchor
in the New York area.
VIC RATNER, the veteran capitol reporter
and war correspondent for ABC News
Radio, retired from the network in
December. Ratner arrived at ABC in 1973
and among his first assignments was
covering the Watergate Seven trial in
Washington, D.C. Since then, he covered
every presidential campaign, political
convention, inauguration and State of the
Union address. He also covered almost
every space shuttle mission, including the
tragic Challenger disaster in 1986. He and
fellow journalist Bob Walker were the only
ones broadcasting live when the shuttle
exploded.
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TALKING SHOP WITH ELVIS DURAN
New York member Elvis Duran has been a fixture in the Big Apple’s
radio industry at Z100 (WHTZ) for 22 years, with a syndicated show
reaching 50 cities nationwide. He recently sat down with New York
Local Second Vice President Jim Kerr (a New York radio legend himself)
for a podcast to talk shop — both work and the union. The following are
some highlights of the conversation.
JK: It works so well that it’s not only on
WHTZ in New York. How many cities are
you in?
ED: It’s around 50.
Z100’s
Elvis Duran
CLICK HERE
to listen to the entire
podcast with Elvis Duran.
JIM KERR: You came here to New York
to work at Z100, where you still work —
WHTZ. You were on in the afternoon and
then you took over the morning show.
ELVIS DURAN: About 16 years ago, Z100’s
ratings were in the toilet … I was ready to
jump ship, and I had an offer to go across
town to WKTU to do the morning show
there, and they said, “No, no, you’re not
going anywhere! We’re moving you to the
morning show.” And I said, “Oh no, please
no, no!” So I was stuck on a sinking ship,
doing the morning show.
JK: But somehow the ship righted itself
and has been very successful through all
those years, to the point where right now,
16 years later, your show is often No. 1 in
total audience.
ED: You know there’s something about
ratings that I just don’t catch on to. I don’t
understand them — I mean I kind of understand them, but I don’t look at them. We
come in here every day and just do a show
and we pray to God that someone likes it and
someone’s listening to it. Luckily, it works.
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JK: Now you have a very large cast.
ED: Yeah, we have a huge, huge cast of
weirdos we work with every morning. It’s
kind of unusual in this day and age, especially with financial cutbacks going on in our
business, but we have somehow found a way
to hold on to these, in my opinion, necessary
pieces of the puzzle.
JK: Yeah, there are producers, writers,
phone screeners — behind-the-scenes
people. Your show provides a lot of employment opportunity for SAG-AFTRA
members.
ED: Absolutely.
JK: And generates a lot of income to take
care of their families.
ED: Yes, and health care.
JK: You’re very successful, you’re a very big
deal and you make a lot of money. You’re
a really successful guy in our industry.
You’re one of the very top people in our
business.
ED: Why do you say these things?
JK: Because I’m going to make an
important point.
ED: You’re trying to embarrass me.
JK: When SAG-AFTRA negotiates the contracts for the people who work at the radio
and TV stations, often the people who show
up are people who are working for scale,
people who are working on the weekends.
Now, I know from speaking to the people at
Z100, that you always have their back.
ED: Oh, absolutely. When we have our
SAG-AFTRA meetings, I try to do everything I can to be a part of that. You know,
there’s more at play here than just me and
my morning show. There’s also Z100. Z100
is my home, and every minute of the day,
seven days a week, Z100 is important to me.
So no matter who is at the helm, if they’re
part-time SAG-AFTRA or they’re full-time
SAG-AFTRA, they need to be covered and
taken care of. And I can’t stress enough how
important it is to be involved with all facets
of negotiations, basically just keeping up
with what’s going on in the shop. A lot of
people who work for my staff are entry-level,
so it’s very important that we all take part, no
matter how long we’ve been around.
JK: Now the vast majority of our fellow
SAG-AFTRA members may not really
understand much of what goes into putting
together a show like Elvis Duran’s Morning Show. I mean there are improvisational
skills, there are comedy bits to write, there
are roles to play, there’s commercial copy to
be read and sometimes created just out of
your own head. Many of our actor friends
have done commercial voiceovers, but they
probably don’t have so much experience
with an advertiser saying “we’re buying a
60-second commercial — you make it up.”
ED: Right. See that’s the beauty of radio. I
can’t speak for all of radio, but we’re trusted
to be given an idea and run with it. There
are many, many people who are much more
qualified than me who can read into a microphone and sell a product, but the advertisers are buying the honesty that we have.
They’re buying this honest connection that
we have with our audience, and it’s a great
playground. Radio is improv. It’s controlled
chaos. It’s many things all performers would
love to be a part of, and we’re so, so fortunate
to be able to do this every day.
JK: You’ve even sung on the air …
ED: Every once in a while my show tunes
will come out. I’ll pump out the Ethel
Merman.
JK: It’s like Judy Garland and Mickey
Rooney getting together in the barn every
morning.
ED: Let’s go out to the barn and put on a show!
JK: Because that’s what radio morning
shows are about.
ED: We thrive on being able to be spontaneous. Actually, we’re encouraged to be
spontaneous. We’re encouraged to be us. For
some reason, they pay for that. •
OSGOOD AND LAMB
SHARE STORIES
AT SAG-AFTRA,
SAG FOUNDATION EVENT
V
eteran SAG-AFTRA broadcasters Charles Osgood (CBS
News Sunday Morning, The Osgood Files) and Rich Lamb
(WCBS-TV New York) shared career stories and highlights at
an event co-sponsored by the SAG-AFTRA News and Broadcast
Department and the SAG Foundation in New York on Feb. 20.
HOWARD MEETS WITH
BROADCASTERS IN NEW YORK
On a recent visit to New York, SAG-AFTRA President Ken Howard
was treated to a tour of the Clear Channel facilities in Manhattan and
met with members there. Clear Channel operates several different
stations in Manhattan, including WOR, WLTW and Q104.3. New York
Local Second Vice President Jim Kerr gave the tour for Howard, who
was joined by New York Local President and National Vice President,
New York Mike Hodge and National Board Member Rebecca Damon.
Howard also took meetings with National Board members Christine
Nagy of WLTW-FM and Jeff Spurgeon of WQXR. The leaders toured
the iHeartRadio studios, which gave Howard a glimpse of the future
of broadcast. “Seeing an on-camera studio audience set up in a radio
complex gave us a very good picture – if it wasn’t already crystal
Broadcast, Storytelling and the News: An Evening with Rich
Lamb and Charles Osgood took place at Baruch College
Performing Arts Center in Manhattan and was moderated by
WCBS-TV news anchor Dana Tyler.
A packed house of SAG-AFTRA members and guests learned
about the career paths Osgood and Lamb took. The two broadcasters treated the audience to humorous stories of on-air errors
and the inside scoop on some of the most memorable stories
they’ve covered. Lamb, Osgood and Tyler also shared career
advice and perspective on how to tell a great story in radio and
television.
When asked why they were participating in the panel, Lamb,
who has spent nearly 30 years as a reporter at WCBS, responded, “Because I am the shop steward.” Osgood, who in 2010 was
honored with the AFTRA Foundation’s AFTRA Media and
Entertainment Excellence lifetime achievement award in
broadcasting, added, “Well it [SAG-AFTRA] is my outfit.”
This was the first event co-sponsored by the SAG-AFTRA
News and Broadcast Department and the SAG Foundation, and
was part of the foundation’s ongoing Storytelling for the 21st
Century LifeRaft series. •
clear to all of us – of where our work is headed,” Howard said,
adding, “I have always been a huge fan of broadcasters and seeing
our members in action was a real highlight.”
Pictured from left: Hodge, Kerr and Howard.
CAVALLARO
FROM PAGE 3
becoming a thoughtful
steward of your SAG-AFTRA
collective bargaining agreement and/or being an advocate
on behalf of your colleagues at
work is essential to the success
of the union process.
There are so many different
ways that you can add your
voice to the union process,
and I urge you to contact your
local office and/or your
SAG-AFTRA steward, get
involved and be heard.
From left, Charles Osgood, Dana Tyler and Rich Lamb.
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W
hen NPR Europe Editor
Ted Clark retired in
December, there was plenty to
praise about his 34 years at the
public radio network. Clark
hadn’t done it all since joining
the network in 1979, but he
came close: editor and executive producer of All Things
Considered, NPR’s flagship
radio news magazine; White
House correspondent;
diplomatic correspondent; Asia editor on
the foreign desk; deputy senior foreign
editor; and, finally, Europe editor.
Clark also shared a Peabody Award for
reporting on the child victims of the war in
Mozambique. He spent a decade chronicling peace negotiations between Israelis
and Palestinians. And he devoted six years
to the growing wealth and power of China.
But none of that was mentioned in an allstaff email marking Clark’s retirement sent
out by colleague Howard Berkes, a correspondent in NPR’s Investigative Unit with
three decades of AFTRA activism at NPR,
and now SAG-AFTRA. Berkes recalled
Clark’s little-known, risky and decisive role
in a divisive labor dispute at NPR in 1982.
CHUCK HOLMES
“Here’s something worth knowing about
Ted as he marks his final hours at NPR,”
Berkes wrote. “Ted … leaves behind a
DOBY PHOTOGRAPHY/NPR
NPR VETERAN’S RETIREMENT RECALLS BRAVE UNION ACT
legacy of commitment and
collegiality we should all try to
emulate. He did the right thing
at the critical moment.”
That’s a reference to what Berkes
described as NPR’s decision
to “employ” eight reporters
spread all across the country as
contractors with a fraction of
staff reporter pay and none of
the benefits guaranteed in NPR’s Collective
Bargaining Agreement with AFTRA.
“Ted was the sole NPR editor brave enough
to testify on our behalf,” Berkes wrote to
NPR’s staff. “As a White House correspondent and All Things Considered editor,
Ted was ready to say that our work was
equal to the work of staff reporters and that
we were required to meet the same standards and expectations. Other editors told
us they were afraid to testify. They feared
retribution by management. Ted stuck his
highly respected neck out for us and his
presence alone in that hearing room made
all the difference.”
“This group included some of NPR’s most
Berkes says the NPR manager in the room
productive reporters and the control
took one look at Clark and blanched.
exercised by NPR fit IRS and National
Labor Relations
“There was some whisAct definitions
pering with the NPR
“WE CALL EACH OTHER
of employees,
lawyers,” Berkes rememCOLLEAGUES, BUT THERE
not contractors,”
bers. “The NLRB hearing
Berkes recalls.
officer arrived and asked
IS NO GREATER TEST OF
NPR’s representatives if a
COLLEGIALITY THAN STICKING settlement was possible.
With AFTRA’s
help, the group
UP FOR EACH OTHER, EVEN ‘Yes,’ the NPR lawyer said.
filed a complaint
We were hired as full staff
AT SOME PERSONAL AND
with the National
on the spot.”
Labor Relations
PROFESSIONAL RISK.”
Board. At the first
As Berkes told the NPR
— HOWARD BERKES
NLRB hearing in
staff in December, “We
the case, Berkes
call each other colleagues,
sat with late AFTRA representative Don
but there is no greater test of collegiality
Gaynor and late AFTRA attorney Tom
than sticking up for each other, even at
Powers. Behind them, sitting quietly was
some personal and professional risk. As a
Ted Clark.
show editor
and correspondent, Ted was positioned to
provide critical testimony in the hearing
room and he didn’t hesitate to appear.”
Clark packs up
his space on his
last day at NPR.
Berkes notes that other senior NPR staffers,
including Nina Totenberg and Cokie
Roberts, had privately appealed to management on behalf of the affected reporters,
“but the company resisted.”
“It was really remarkable,” Berkes recalls.
“Ted didn’t say a word in that hearing
room. It was his simple and stoic presence
and the power of the words he would use,
which changed everything.”
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Berkes told his colleagues that there are
many reasons to celebrate Clark’s NPR
career. “This is one you didn’t likely know
about but should. Ted helped make eight
NPR careers possible. [And] he taught me
a lifelong lesson about standing up for what
is right.” •
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FEDERAL SHIELD
FROM PAGE 1
If passed, the law would be a step toward establishing rules for when the
government and others can seek information from journalists and their
service providers.
“There’s no question that protecting confidential sources can be a critical
tool for journalists tasked with delivering stories that are fair, accurate
and balanced,” said Catherine Brown, SAG-AFTRA national vice
president, broadcasters. “Approval of a federal law is long overdue.”
There are already laws in place in 49 states and the District of Columbia
protecting journalists on a state level, but there is no law on the federal
level. A federal shield law allows journalists to do their jobs without the
fear of being jailed, and it protects the public’s right to know. What it
really does is protect the identity of a source.
The law would also prevent debacles such as what happened with The
Associated Press, which had no notice of the DOJ’s subpoena and was unable to challenge it in court. The current draft of the bill provides a system
of checks and balances by requiring judicial oversight of such requests.
SAG-AFTRA and its coalition partners, includingThe Associated Press,
the Society of Professional Journalists, CWA-Newspaper Guild and others are supporting the bill. In January, we asked broadcasters to consider
contacting their representatives to express support for the legislation.
Be on the lookout for more updates or calls to action as this bill continues
to work through the legislative process. If you did not receive the January
update, contact the Membership Department and make sure your correct
email is on file. •
To learn more about the bill, check out SPJ’s website section dedicated
to all things Federal Shield Law, at spj.org/shieldlaw.asp.
THE WEINGARTEN CARD.
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in to explain why something went wrong, stop and think about your
Weingarten Rights. By presenting this card to management, YOU have
a right to stop a meeting until your steward, assistant steward or a
local rep arrives to accompany you.
“If this discussion could in any
way lead to my being disciplined,
terminated, or affect my personal
working conditions, I request that my shop steward or union officer be
present at this meeting. Until they arrive, as is my right under a U.S.
Supreme Court decision called Weingarten, I choose not to answer any
questions regarding this matter.”
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