The largest union representing professional musicians is suing NBC Universal for allegedly stiffing members who worked on some of the network’s biggest live broadcasts.
“NBC owes musicians probably hundreds of thousands of dollars in wages. Unfortunately, whenever AFM attempts to resolve these claims in good faith, NBC denies, disrespects, and drags its feet. Meanwhile, we have musicians who have been waiting more than two years for their paychecks,” Jennifer P.
Garner, the AFM lawyer who filed the lawsuit, says in a statement toAccording to the new complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan, NBC Universal breached its collective bargaining agreement with the union by failing to pay covered musicians for the use of backing tracks, incomplete tracks, and pre-recorded material used in featured artist performances and failing to “ensure the engagement” of qualified session oversight contractors and orchestra leaders.
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