Technical staff at New York-based media network NY1 will be given another chance of unionizing after an initial attempt failed to receive enough support. The union has been trying for years to organize the workers who work on the production side of the television industry, but it was unable to get a majority vote in favor of joining Local 100 last year. The network’s owner, Charter Communications, has now taken the unusual step of authorizing another vote on the issue.
Technical staff at New York-based media network NY1 will be given another chance of unionizing after an initial attempt failed to receive enough support. The union Local 1212 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, initially failed to gain enough votes to organize some 70 employees of NY1. The network’s owner, Charter Communications, has now taken the unusual step of authorizing another vote on the issue.