New Report to Explore Cable Giant’s Record on Employee Relations, Efforts to Block Unions 

WHAT: News conference for the release of No Bargain: Comcast and the Future of Workers' Rights in Telecommunications

The report chronicles Comcast's efforts to prevent and undermine workers from organizing new unions or successfully negotiating a contract on the terms and conditions of their employment. As the cable industry leader, Comcast could reshape employee relations throughout telecom, one of the nation's most innovative and fast-growing industries in a struggling economy.

The news conference will feature:

• David Bonior, Chair -- American Rights at Work
  
• Mary Beth Maxwell, Executive Director -- American Rights at Work
  
• Stephen White, former Comcast worker -- Silver Spring, MD
  
• Kevin Beallis, Comcast employee -- Chicago, IL
  
• Julie Martinez Ortega, Research Director -- American Rights at Work, report author

WHEN:  10 a.m., Wednesday, June 23

WHERE:  Murrow Room, 13th Floor, National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC

WHO:  Launched last fall, American Rights at Work is a nonprofit nonpartisan organization dedicated to educating the American public about the barriers that workers face when they attempt to exercise their rights to organize and engage in collective bargaining. 

NOTE: Embargoed copies of the report will be available on Tuesday, June 22. To obtain a copy, please contact:  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  at 202-822-2127 ext. 111.