Cablevision exec James Dolan accused of threatening pay raises over union vote

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

Dolan, owner of the New York Knicks, also worked to illegally set up a nonbinding vote in an attempt to weaken the hold of Communications Workers of America on Cablevision employees, according to a complaint by the National Labor Relations Board. Dolan has called the charges unfair.

BY GINGER ADAMS OTIS

Cablevision executive James Dolan has been charged with illegally threatening to withhold workers’ pay raises unless they voted against joining a union, it was reported Friday.

The National Labor Relations Board also said in a complaint Thursday that New York Knicks owner Dolan had worked to illegally set up a nonbinding vote in an attempt to weaken the hold of Communications Workers of America on Cablevision employees.

The NLRB ruling was first reported by The New York Times Friday.

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Cablevision exec and Knicks owner James Dolan is accused of anti-union threats by the National Labor Relations Board.

[annabanana]

1. He owns my IP and my newspaper and my tv

and he really really wants to own my phone

[monmouth4]

2. I wonder if he's a republican..Bwahahahaha....n/t