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StoryCorps management, employees clash over union representation
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Leaders at the oral-history organization say they don’t think a union is necessary but are willing to recognize it.
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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.
NPR staffers are taking to Twitter to call attention to union negotiations.
WNET and PBS officials recently concluded a “listening tour” to hear the concerns of documentarians. Did it change their outlook?
The new contract drops several proposals opposed by the union.
The union supporting NPR’s engineers and audio technicians is pushing back against new contract proposals.
After 16 months of negotiations, unionized employees at KPCC in Pasadena, Calif., have negotiated their first contract with management.
A dispute over unionization at Baltimore’s WYPR will be resolved by the National Labor Relations Board. WYPR staff voted July 30 on whether to seek representation from broadcast union SAG-AFTRA. Nine voted in favor and 11 against, with seven votes contested by one of the parties, according to an NLRB official who requested anonymity when commenting on an ongoing proceeding. The NLRB will review the contested votes to determine their eligibility, with the vote recounted only if at least three of the contested votes are determined eligible. SAG-AFTRA can only enter the workplace with a majority vote.
Plus: Mike Starling starts an LPFM station, and NPR’s creative director talks about her work process.
The opera house is on track to premiere its 2014-15 season as scheduled, with public radio broadcasts to follow.
The Metropolitan Opera has reached a tentative agreement with two of the three bargaining units representing its workers.
A lockout at the New York opera house would force more than 300 stations to make tough choices.