Advisory: Congressional Labor Committee Democrats to Hold Forum in NYC on Cablevision Labor Dispute

From email.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democratic members of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce will hold a forum in Brooklyn, NY on problems in negotiating first contracts after workers organize a union. The forum will focus on the Cablevision dispute as a case study.



Workers at Cablevision in Brooklyn voted to form a union with the Communications Workers of America in January 2012, but the parties have not settled a first contract more than a year later. Most recently, in January 2013, 22 Cablevision workers sought a meeting with management to discuss lack of progress in the contract negotiations. While still waiting for the meeting, according to press reports, the workers were told by management they had been “permanently replaced.” Public outcry about the firings followed, and Cablevision is now reportedly rehiring the 22 workers.





WHAT: Committee on Education and Workforce Democrats Forum on “Understanding Problems in First Contract Negotiations: Cablevision and Workers’ Rights”



WHO: House Education and the Workforce Committee Democrats, Members of Congress, and individual presenters, including one of the fired/permanently replaced Cablevision workers



WHEN: Monday, March 25, 2013 11 a.m. EDT



WHERE: The Community Room

Brooklyn Borough Hall

209 Joralemon St.

Brooklyn, NY