LOL.
CNN just settled with the NLRB and will pay wrongly-fired union workers a whopping $76 million in back pay:
As part of a settlement signed today, CNN has agreed to pay $76 million in backpay, the largest monetary remedy in the history of the NLRB. https://t.co/eQlRJYs7La
— NLRB (@NLRB) January 10, 2020
Imagine if the Trump Organization got hit with this type of penalty?
Wow…I thought they liked unions?
BREAKING: CNN To Pay Fired Techs $76M In Record NLRB Settlement
CNN has agreed to pay $76 million to end a long-running NLRB dispute alleging it violated federal labor law by firing more than 100 unionized technical workers in 2003
— Charles V Payne (@cvpayne) January 10, 2020
Justice is served, says the union:
BREAKING: @CNN will pay $76 million – one of the largest settlements in @NLRB history – to hundreds of NABET-CWA broadcast techs who were unlawfully fired.
This settlement means justice for workers who have waited more than 15 years to be made whole.https://t.co/C0KzVINLMa pic.twitter.com/zZtrWL8SG0
— CWA (@CWAUnion) January 10, 2020
Anyway, let’s see if any Dems has the stones to bring this up on Tuesday when CNN hosts the next debate:
BREAKING: CNN just agreed to pay $76M to settle allegations of anti-union firings way back in '03—the largest settlement in Labor Board history.
Bears noting that CNN (& Des Moines Register) will host a Democratic presidential debate next week.https://t.co/TOU35RLAQ5
— Hassan Ali Kanu (@hassankanu) January 10, 2020
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