Cambridge proposes language to strengthen workers’ rights in cable license with Comcast

[Omaha Steve]

http://talkingunion.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/cambridge/

Posted on February 3, 2011 by dsalaborblogmoderator

The Cambridge City Council unanimously passed a resolution on January 31 supporting strong workers’ rights language in the city’s next cable TV agreement with Comcast. The resolution urges Comcast to, “comply with the National Labor Relations Act and all applicable state and federal wage and hour laws.” The city’s previous ten-year contract for cable and internet services expired on December 29, 2010.

The resolution also urged the city’s Cable TV, Telecommunications and Public Utilities Committee to include language in the renegotiated agreement with Comcast to, “encourage a healthy relationship with its employees by respecting their right to organize and to bargain collectively with their employer, and to engage in other protected, concerted activities to improve their wages and working conditions.”

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Dyno55fsE&feature=player_embedded

The resolution was proposed by Councillors Marjorie Decker, Lelund Cheung and Timothy Toomey. “It’s the minimum we can ask,” said Councillor Cheung. “I know Comcast can afford it because they charge all of us too much.” Cheung said the order addressed, “another aspect of the tyranny of Comcast that reigns in this city.”

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