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Staffers at WAMU approve joining SAG-AFTRA union
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An executive at WAMU’s licensee said that an agreement may not be in place until 2022.
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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.
Station staffers who have joined unions help answer a reader’s question about why the trend is growing.
Staffers said they are “still open to voluntary recognition” of their union by management.
The petition said talented creative staff have left the station due to “untenable working conditions.”
Less than a week after the news site’s employees voted to unionize, management dismissed Florangela Davila over “differences in strategic outlook.”
The ruling affirms a judge’s 2018 decision.
Employees successfully voted to certify the union that is being represented by NewsGuild.
Management has told the employees that it will not voluntarily recognize the union.
KCRW employees hope to vote this month on whether to join the union. Meanwhile, KUOW employees approved a contract after a year of negotiating.
SAG-AFTRA had said that WBUR management was refusing to set dates for bargaining meetings.
A Washington state labor relations agency disagreed with SAG-AFTRA’s claims that KUOW had retaliated against employees for joining a union.
“We appreciate management working with us and can’t wait to get started making WBUR an even better place to work,” a producer said.