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lorcemenvclearing house for trouble-proneWGTU,union si gn contractTRAVERSE CITY — A contract was signed Tuesday between WGTU-TV, a local television station, and members of Local 4$ of the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET). The agreement followed a three-month strike and a year of negotiations.Some of the more significant points of the agreement included the fact that this was the first such contract between station management and the workers; wage raises were granted, and wage negotiations may be re-opened after the first year the three*year agreement.The local's nine members returned to work on June 9 following a three-month strike during which they urged WGTU advertisers to withdraw* their business until the issue was settled. The return to work was based on an agreement in principle reached between the sides.After a period of further negotiating, the local ratified to contract on Aug, 6.The contract was signed for the management by Thomas W, Kipie, president of Northern Entertainment, Inc. (WGTU's parent company) and company attorney, Ronald Sondee, Esq.Andrew Younger, president of Local 49 and Bill Davis, NABET international representative, represented the union.In a related matter, the NABET local has agreed not to threaten, coerce, or restrain the local Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise or any other person engaged in commerce or in an industry affecting commerce from doing business with WGTU.The agreement was signed in lieu of a trial before a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) administrative judge on charges of violating labor law provisions against secondary boycotts.The local had conducted a handbill campaign at the Kentucky Fried Chicken establishment and other local businesses during the strike — urging them to cease advertising with the station and urging the public to avoid doing business with the station and urging the public to avoid doing business with advertisers who remained on the air.Based on a complaint by the establishment, the NLRB found reasonable cause to believe a violation had been committeed, an NLRB official said.Bernard Gottfried:, regional director for the NLRB. said the agreement, which was signed last week, is primarily aimed at any future incidents which might arise from labor disagreements at the station.
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Traverse City Record Eagle
Traverse City, Michigan, US
Wed, Aug 13, 1975
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