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WHYY workers vote to join union
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Approval of joining SAG-AFTRA was nearly unanimous.
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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.
The claim alleges that KUOW management’s decision to eliminate seven positions “interfered with, restrained, and/or coerced public employees” in their rights to collectively bargain.
Gothamist reporters are now part of a bargaining unit of station staff.
The ruling found RIPBS had violated labor law by refusing to recognize IBEW’s representation.
The workers will join a unit of employees that has been represented by SAG-AFTRA since 2000.
KUOW staff members want “better pay and more of a say in how our newsroom operates,” says one reporter.
The bargaining unit will include a quarter of StoryCorps’ staff.
Results from the secret balloting process will be finalized in September.