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Steve Burke Chief Executive Officer NBC Universal, Inc. 30 Rockefeller Center New York, NY 10112 Dear Steve, It has come to our attention that freelance staff who write and produce nonfiction programming for NBC’s Peacock Productions have voted in a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election to determine whether or not they wish to be represented by the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE). As members of that organization, and as employees of NBC, we have a particular interest in the outcome of this election. However, we don’t yet know the results because the ballots have been impounded. Our understanding is that these ballots have been impounded because NBC has chosen to pursue a legal strategy to nullify the votes of over half of the eligible voters in this election on the grounds that they are supervisors and not entitled to any protections under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA); a strategy that has already failed at the regional level of the NLRB. We disagree with the Company’s position that these freelancers are supervisory and not entitled to the right to collectively bargain. Their work has so much in common with our own. Their careers and livelihoods depend on many of the same things that ours do – health insurance, fair pay, pensions, residuals – things that the WGA has historically collectively bargained with you for. To seek to deny theseDEADLINE.com freelancers the same rights and privileges that we enjoy is unfair, especially if the majority of them have indicated in an NLRB election that it is their desire to have them. This effort to get to the bargaining table is one with very real and immediate economic consequences. NBC makes a lot of money off of the shows that these freelancers create, and should collectively bargain with those creators over how they will be compensated for that work. We therefore call on NBC to drop their legal appeals and count the Peacock Productions votes without any further delays. If the result of the vote is a Yes for the WGAE then we also call on NBC to bargain a fair deal with them – one that all of us can be proud of. Respectfully, Doug Abeles, SNL Jill Abbinanti, Law & Order: SVU Chris Albers, Late Night with Conan O’Brien Benjamin Apple, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Jon Robin Baitz, The West Wing Casey Barrett, NBC’s New Years Eve with Carson Daly Bridget Bedard, 1600 Penn Andrew Bergman, various Patrick Borelli, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Peter Blauner, Law & Order: SVU Kyle Bradstreet, The Philanthropist Tom Ceraulo, 30 Rock Rob Cohen, Law & Order: SVU Luke Cunningham, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Brian De Castro, NBC Promotions Janine DiTullio, Late NightDEADLINE.com with Jimmy Fallon Michael Drucker, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Jess Dweck, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Tom Fontana, Homicide: Life on the Street Kevin Fox, Law & Order: SVU Lewis Friedman, various Gina Gionfriddo, Law & Order David Handelman, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip James Hart, A Friggin’ Christmas Miracle James V. Hart, various John Haskell, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Philip Johnston, various Rolin Jones, Smash Larry Kaplow, Law & Order: SVU Rob Klein, SNL Chris Kula, Community N. Gail Lawrence, Passions Warren Leight, Law & Order: SVU John Markus, The Cosby Show Julie Martin, Law & Order: SVU Sam Means, 30 Rock Coleen McGuiness, 30 Rock Arthur Meyer, Late NightDEADLINE.com with Jimmy Fallon Christine Nangle, SNL Marygrace O’Shea, Law & Order: CI Nina Pedrad, 30 Rock Michael Rauch, Royal Pains Jackie Reingold, Smash Albertina Rizzo, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon John P. Roche, Law & Order: SVU Kate Rorick, Law & Order: CI David Rosen, various Tom Scharpling, Monk Josh Silberman, 30 Rock Diana Son, Law & Order: CI Brian Stack, The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien Jen Statsky, Parks and Recreation Bryan Tucker, SNL Jessica Vale, NBC Promotions Tracey Wigfield, 30 Rock Tracey Wilson, Do No Harm James Yoshimura, Homicide: Life on the Street DEADLINE.com.

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