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To restart negotiations, union targets stations

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Mark_Giardina

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Does Nabet still represent on air talent in Buffalo? When I was there they did, and boy, were they a weak, suck-ass union.
They may be good for technicians, but they sure over-stepped their bounds trying to represent talent.
 
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> Does Nabet still represent on air talent in Buffalo? When I
> was there they did, and boy, were they a weak, suck-ass
> union.
> They may be good for technicians, but they sure over-stepped
> their bounds trying to represent talent.
>
"Suck-ass" is a term that leaves little to the imagination. Seems the guys were just trying to protect their turf. Air talent is better represented by AFTRA, but even AFTRA got diluted and was later voted-out at WBEN-AM in the late 90's.

Tell you who REALLY might have gotten the job done, the TEAMSTERS or the guys at Local 210! Don't the Teamsters represent Rochester Channel 13 techs and talent? Nothing like seeing a radio/TV GM sit down across the table from a guy named Vito who's wearing a black fedora, eh?

I read the NABET-NPR story and immediately thought, "Doesn't that constitute a 'secondary boycott?'" Is that not unlawful? Hmmm... may have to consult a lawyer on that one.

NABET Buffalo took a major hit when Taft battled the union in a very messy strike of 1969. While Taft was the "technical" winner, the strike took a toll on the stations, particularly TV, which only recently seems to have re-established itself (quite well, at that.) Lots of ill-will and nastiness on both sides of the table from that labor dispute.

I recall reading a newspaper story, wherein Frank Benny said his family was physically threatened because he crossed the picket line. A few jocks reported parking their cars blocks away from the then Barton street TV/radio studios on Buffalo's west side, walking to the back of the building and climbing over a chain-link fence in order to avoid confrontations with the engineers on the line and get to work.

That strike was all about engineering and combo issues. It seems strange even to talk about "combo" issues these days, when an entire station, even network, can be voice-tracked within hours by local or out of town talent. Digital has changed the landscape beyond the imagination of those guys who walked the line all over the country in the 60's 70's and even 80's.

When you stop to consider, it's amazing.
 
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