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New NPR SAG-AFTRA contract expands parental leave, includes DEI provisions
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Unit members overwhelmingly approved the three-year deal.
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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.”
An executive at WAMU’s licensee said that an agreement may not be in place until 2022.
The SAG-AFTRA bargaining unit became official through a card check agreement with management.
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists is representing both groups.
The efforts come amid personnel controversies and calls for change within the broader organization.
Leaders of NPR’s SAG-AFTRA union are demanding the organization make changes around 13 issues related to diversity, equity and inclusion.
The union, which formed last summer, is calling for accountability on management’s stated commitments to diversity and inclusion.
The union and station management have been bargaining for about a year.
The tentative agreement covers three years and includes wage adjustments, “along with a strong commitment to diversity,” according to WBUR’s CEO.