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Company: CNN
Current Parent Company: Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
Penalty: $76,000,000
Year: 2020
Date: January 10, 2020
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: labor relations violation
Violation Description: CNN agreed to pay $76 million in backpay, the largest monetary remedy in the history of the National Labor Relations Board, to resolve a case that originated in 2003 when CNN terminated a contract with Team Video Services (TVS), a company that had been providing CNN video services in Washington, D.C., and New York City. After terminating the contract, CNN hired new employees to perform the same work without recognizing or bargaining with the two unions that had represented the TVS employees. CNN sought to operate as a nonunion workplace and conveyed to the workers that their prior employment with TVS and union affiliation disqualified them from employment. An administrative law judge found that CNN's actions violated the National Labor Relations Act and that CNN was a successor to, and joint employer with, TVS.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: National Labor Relations Board
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: media
Specific Industry of Current Parent: media
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