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Reveal staffers seek union recognition
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“Once recognized, we look forward to negotiating with management to ensure all eligible members are in-unit,” the employees said.
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“Once recognized, we look forward to negotiating with management to ensure all eligible members are in-unit,” the employees said.
The proposed unit would include 42 employees in both on-air and off-air roles.
Content staffers announced last month their intention to unionize.
The staffers voted 26-1 in favor of forming the union.
More than 70% of the station’s content staffers have signed onto a petition to management.
The proposed bargaining unit would include approximately 26 content employees.
The contract was ratified nearly two years after WAMU employees voted to form a union.
The members say that raises and a stipend given to nonunion employees are among the issues at stake.
“We wish we could have got a lot more,” said Local 1220 Business Manager John Rizzo. “This was the best deal we could attain with the company. And it’s a fair deal.”