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KNBC-TV Channel 4 told 16 union members that they would be suspended without pay for participating in an April 24 “sickout” at the station. Citing them for “irresponsible and/or dishonest behavior,” KNBC news director Tom Capra docked one day’s pay from the 16 National Assn. of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET) members and ordered them suspended for three days, beginning Monday. NABET Local 53 President Carrie Biggs-Adams said she would demand that KNBC arbitrate the issue or she would call for a strike as early as today. NBC’s contract with 2,800 NABET employees expired April 1, but the union has not voted to strike. Local 53 represents 800 NBC camera operators, sound men and other off-camera personnel at NBC facilities in Burbank.