Picketers to Face Replacement Workers at 'Biggest Loser' on Monday (today)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/picketers-face-replacement-workers-biggest-45209

2:36 PM 11/14/2010 by Jonathan Handel

IATSE decries 'strike-breakers' hired by production company to cross picket line.

It looks like there will be fireworks Monday morning at NBC’s Biggest Loser, as IATSE picketers confront replacement workers hired by the show’s production companies.

The 50-member crew has been on strike since last week, seeking a union contract primarily in order to obtain pension and health benefits. The picketing was initially low-key, starting with just a dozen picketers on Wednesday and growing by the end of the week to several dozen.

Monday may be much larger. This time, the IA has issued a formal press statement confirming picket lines at the production location, the King Gillette Ranch, 26800 West Mulholland Highway in Calabasas, California. The start time and duration of picketing were not released.

IA international president Matthew D. Loeb said, "The crew has not lost their resolve in spite of the employer hiring replacement workers and being unwilling to discuss a contract. The IATSE will not lose our resolve to support them until this strike is over."

FULL story at link.

[zbdent]

1. Let's make a new reality show ...

whenever there's a strike by unionized workers, let's videotape the scabs crossing the line ... and televise their faces ...

[HillbillyBob]

2. Interestin Idea god knows the 'media' would hardly cover it

this is the first I have heard of a strike.
I don't watch the program , not that I hate it, I just don't care that much for 'reality' shows. I'm usually reading or watching something in the learning or discovery kind of vein. 'I remember my dads union being on strike for better pay. They did get it but it was not sure at the time.

[Rochester]

3. It should be a crime to work as a scab or to hire one

...preferably, a capital crime!