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June 5, 2015 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS
Facing Gannett, KGW-TV unions pass a test of unity
In a bit of bargaining-table
drama, three unions at KGW-
TV showed unity last month by
attending each other’s contract
negotiating sessions, taking a
company negotiator by surprise.
At KGW, Portland’s NBC af-
filiate, SAG-AFTRA (Screen
Actors Guild and American
Federation of Television & Ra-
dio Artists) represents on-cam-
era staff, IATSE (International
Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Employees) Local 600 repre-
sents camera operators, and In-
ternational Brotherhood of Elec-
Prospects revive
for Oregon sick
leave bill
SALEM—A bill to mandate
paid sick leave statewide
moved forward in a Joint
Ways and Means subcommit-
tee June 2.
Senate Bill 454, as
amended, would require em-
ployers with 10 or more em-
trical Workers (IBEW) Local 48
represents control room opera-
tors and technicians.
Historically, the three unions
have bargained separately at
KGW. But this time, facing a
strange demand from a new em-
ployer, the three have banded to-
gether. Gannett—which ac-
quired KGW in 2013 when it
bought Belo Corporation—
wants to end “exclusive union
jurisdiction” in its union con-
tracts. Union reps don’t fully un-
derstand the ramifications of
that proposal, but they think it
ployees to provide up to 40
hours a year of paid sick
leave. Employers smaller
than that would have to allow
an equal amount of unpaid
sick leave. The measure
would pre-empt local sick
leave ordinances, but would
set a separate threshold for
Portland of six or more em-
ployees for paid sick leave,
matching the cutoff under a
Portland ordinance that took
effect January 2014.
would mean that nonunion
workers could be brought in to
do the same work as union
members, but under different
terms. That could dramatically
unravel the union, and put mem-
bers’ job security in jeopardy.
Union reps say when IBEW
and SAG representatives
showed up to a May 12 IATSE
negotiating session at KGW,
Gannett labor relations director
Tim Fair was furious, and said
he wouldn’t proceed if IBEW
and SAG were in the room. The
unions failed to budge, so he
said what followed would be an
off-the-record discussion, not a
negotiation.
Then IATSE and IBEW
showed up to a May 13 bargain-
ing session with SAG. This
time, Fair said he wouldn’t bar-
gain, or even discuss. And he
went further: Gannett might be
prepared to offer SAG some-
thing it wasn’t going to offer the
other groups, Fair said;
wouldn’t they want to hear pri-
vately what it was? “No
thanks,” was the collective an-
swer.
IATSE Local 600 filed an un-
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Fair appeared to back down
after the charge was filed, and
agreed that the unions could in-
vite whoever they want.
Further bargaining was
scheduled with IATSE on June
3 (after this issue went to press)
and with SAG on June 9. [No
bargaining with IBEW has
taken place since February.]
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