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Staffers at WESA and WYEP announce plan to unionize
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The proposed bargaining unit would include approximately 26 content employees.
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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.”
A WTTW spokesperson said the station is ready to return to negotiations and has not received a request to do so.
NPR’s SAG-AFTRA union issued a mixed progress report this month on its demands for addressing diversity issues within the network.
The settlement includes a wage increase and “enhancements to NYPR’s parental leave policy.”
The contract includes protections for parents, improved pay and new anti-harassment rules.
Unit members overwhelmingly approved the three-year deal.
The contract comes after nearly two years of negotiations.
Newsroom employees cited concerns with wages, vacation days and staffers leaving the organization.
The bargaining unit includes content staffers such as reporters and hosts.
A closer look at some highlights from the data.
The staffers are seeking voluntary recognition of their union from CEO Jim Schachter.
The dispute centers on NYPR’s termination of reporter Fred Mogul.
Union members at the station said they “feel like they could be next if they do speak up.”
A petition takes aim at Cascade Public Media CEO Rob Dunlop’s compensation and raises.
The new bargaining unit will cover about 63 employees.
The bargaining unit includes reporters, producers and editors.
Current and former employees of the Triple A station say they’re troubled by a lack of staff diversity and a clear mission statement, as well as “tension between who we are and who we’re allowed to be.”