Media Essential Workers
FOR NABET-41 Leadership
Over the pandemic our nation realized the value of Essential Workers. In Broadcast we became Media Essential Workers. Join us, we are freelancers, staffers, all Media Essential Workers as we fight for our vision as leaders in NABET 41!
Our profile is below:
Raza Siddiqui
For NABET-41 President
Freelance News Photographer: former business owner who negotiated favorable deals with stations for rate to pay his workers
Current Regional Vice President for NABET who sees a chance to reform his home local and bring a forward thinking mentality which empowers both staff and freelancers
Host and Creator of Media Essential Workers which provided information to members during the pandemic
Strengths: Listening, negotiating, near constant availability, defended a member on Christmas day.
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Marcus Crosby
For NABET-41 Vice President
“Empowering and representing our sports freelance community as Vice President!”
Marcus W. Crosby is a Detroit native raised in Birmingham, AL. He has been a freelance videographer for the last 15 years. Currently he is working as a technical director in sports entertainment, where he has the chance to meet many daily hire sports members and listen to their concerns. He is eager to serve broadcast members and brings a life time of hands on experience to the table.
Marcus will work to identify with each of our members to hear them out. He will build bridges with the community and find a way to empower through dialogue. The motto “it’s your union let your voice be heard” has meaning to Marcus, who along with our entire team at Media Essential Workers believes that our power and our existence comes from hearing our members out and being responsive to their needs. By working together we build a future for ourself. Representing the sports Community Marcus has his finger on the pulse of what a lot of our members who spend time away from their family to cover sports deal with.
More than half of our members are daily hires or freelancers. Our team at Media Essential workers believes it is important to represent all of them. Two of our slate members running for office represent freelancers, and we are proud of this. Our entire sports population can feel well severed with Marcus who will work hard to identify these concerns. You must be part of the group to really represent it well, and this is what Marcus will do.
As a union representative he will make sure that fairness and equal opportunity are priorities.
Will Rojas
For NABET-41 Treasurer
NABET Member 22 Years
Telemundo Videojournalist with an analytic mind
Former Alternate Steward for Telemundo Proficiency in Spanish
Strengths: Organize, Prioritize, Problem solve and open communications
“Jobs are Under Attack stop the bleed”