STRIKING TV

As an individual who supports unions, my television set will remain off during programs affected by current and upcoming broadcast and entertainment industry strikes, and I will certainly boycott the products of advertisers who sponsor such shows (“Strike Clouds Loom Over Hollywood,” by Dennis McDougal and Michael Cieply, June 27).

I am especially appalled by GE/NBC’s inflexible approach to negotiations with the National Assn. of Broadcast Employees and Technicians union. NBC has become hugely profitable while maintaining the smallest work force of the three networks; it has become a profit leader thanks in great part to the work of its employees.

It is unthinkable that NBC is taking such a strong anti-union attitude, demanding numerous contract “take-backs” and, most despicably, attempting to institute a “daily hire” program that cuts through the heart of job security. NBC acts as if it is in the throes of an awful recession, not a golden age.

I am a regular viewer of NBC programing, especially network and local news, but will happily tune out for the strike duration.

LYNN J. CAMPBELL

Hollywood