by James Parks, May 6, 2011
Lion Television has agreed to recognize its employees’ choice of the Writers Guild of America, East, (WGAE) as its bargaining representative.
The nearly 100 Lion producers, associate producers, researchers and writers, who work on such shows as “Cash Cab” for Discovery Network, “Megadrive” for MTV and “History Detectives” and “America Revealed” for PBS, voted in December for WGAE. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) certified the results this week.
WGAE Executive Director Lowell Peterson says:
We welcome the Lion employees into our creative community, where they will join thousands of other members who do some of the best work in television, film, radio, and digital. We are pleased that Lion respects their decision to become part of the Writers Guild and we look forward to a long and productive relationship.
WGAE also recently won the majority of votes in two other NLRB elections at Atlas Media Corp. and ITV Studios.
