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Union complaint against KUOW dismissed
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A Washington state labor relations agency disagreed with SAG-AFTRA’s claims that KUOW had retaliated against employees for joining a union.
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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.
Leaders at the oral-history organization say they don’t think a union is necessary but are willing to recognize it.
The agreement will need to be ratified by union members.
A temporary contract expires at midnight.
“Ending federal support for the NEA, NEH, or CPB would be a radical, unprecedented action,” the letter said.
The deal provides a 3 percent increase in minimum salaries effective July 1, 2016.
MPR is the latest public radio newsroom to join SAG-AFTRA.
Thirteen employees of the program were eligible to participate.
The proposed unit would comprise 11 full-time and regular part-time producers who work on the program.
The two-year contract includes pay raises of 2.5 percent that take effect Jan. 1, 2016, and Jan. 1, 2017.