Posted on 09/14/2005 9:38:22 PM PDT by chuckpez
Liberal Seattle news-talk station KIRO and conservative sister KTTH-AM finally have the word from the National Labor Relations Board: they're no longer working in a union shop.
And it all came down to one disputed ballot, cast by syndicated talk show host Michael Medved.
After a contentious battle led by overnight KIRO talk host Lou Pate, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) was decertified at KIRO and KTTH.
Making the fight especially weird: another one of KIRO's evening talk hosts, left-wing extremist Mike Webb, loudly supported the anti-union campaign. Meanwhile, a few conservatives in the building at least quietly expressed support for AFTRA.
Obviously, this wasn't a typical, predictable union battle.
(Excerpt) Read more at radioequalizer.blogspot.com ...
Raises a lot of questions--but didn't answer any.
The slow, but much welcomed death of unions continues.
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