Number	15726
Subject	Unions
Source	Insight Magazine
State	None
Year	1999
Publication Date	August 9, 1999
Summary	Insight reports that "the United Auto Workers is being sued by workers who claim that the union unjustifiably fired them after taking control of a radio network and manipulating bankruptcy....A review of several thousand pages of correspondence, court filings, testimony transcripts and interviews with former United Broadcasting Network employees and management raises questions about how the UAW conducts business and treats its workers.. The cast of players in this story of alleged abuse of workers by a labor union is larger than life. The story ultimately is a tale about who gets to decide what the American people may hear and see in the media."
Category	General
Pages	3
Keywords	Media agenda-setting;litigation;unfair labor practices
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