Spike TV has a hit show with INK MASTER, which is made by men and women who work for the production company Original Media. Since Spike is the network that contracts Original Media to produce INK MASTER, we believe it is Spike’s responsibility to make sure Original doesn't violate the rights of INK MASTER writer-producers.

More than a year ago the writer-producers at Original Media voted to unionize to get collectively bargained health insurance, among other things. Instead of honoring this decision, Original crammed a substandard health plan down employees' throats, which led the National Labor Relations Board to rule that Original violated federal labor law.

At the same time, dozens of Original Media employees have filed statements with state authorities detailing massive wage theft - potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars of unpaid overtime. And Original is a defendant in a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by an INK MASTER employee.

We do not believe that Spike TV can ignore these major violations of the rights of Original Media's employees. Spike cannot benefit from Original's refusal to negotiate a reasonable, industry-standard collective bargaining agreement with the Writers Guild of America, East. We call on Spike to take responsibility to ensure that Original respects the law and inks a deal with the union.