One NYC StageHand: "'Five years ago, the media conglomerate Clear Channel bought the company and tried to make a profitable business more profitable. They offered buyouts that cut the 48 employees in Local 391 of the sign workers in half. But that wasn't enough."
ahh mass media. they always seem to be the ones who screw the workers over. i don't see these practices lasting very long, especially now that the AFL-CIO has become involved in the matter.
ReplyDeleteadvertising, yuck.