David Robb Labor EditorThe WGA East has reached an agreement with NBC News Studios for the coverage of programs produced by the recently established unit.
The deal ends a bitter battle in which the union accused NBCUniversal of “union busting” in a dispute over the shuttering of its now-defunct Peacock Productions, formerly the in-house nonfiction production wing of NBC News.The guild had filed unfair labor practice charges against NBC with the National Labor Relations Board, but those charges have been dropped in light of the new agreement.“We are pleased that this important nonfiction programming will be covered by our collective bargaining agreement,” said Lowell Peterson, the guild’s executive director.
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