The Writers Guild of America East stated Tuesday that its members at MSNBC have ratified their first collective bargaining settlement.
The three-year deal features a minimal 3% pay enhance yearly for the subsequent three years, and enhancements to insurance policies relating to additional pay for overwork, in a single day work, and out-of-title work.
The cable information community’s newsroom unionized with the WGA East in 2021 and counts almost 300 members in its bargaining unit together with information writers, producers, reserving producers, reality checkers and planners on all MSNBC packages.
“We’re excited to say that now we have ratified our first contract after 2 years of negotiations,” MSNBC Union stated in the present day in a launch asserting the information. “We’re proud to share that this contract addresses precedence points from our members like continued distant work flexibility, extra fee for performing additional work, night time shift fee, and the best to show down standby requests. The contract gives significant financial features for our members.”
Per the union, extra contract highlights embrace:
- Truthful minimal salaries for all titles, with vital pay will increase for all PAs and most APs;
- A assured minimal 3% pay enhance on March 1 of yearly for the subsequent three years;
- All workers will obtain a bonus upon ratification amounting to 2% of their present annual salaries;
- The corporate’s present coverage of anticipating workers to work within the workplace three days per week has been codified. If the corporate intends to vary that, it should present 75 days’ discover and cut price with the Guild. If the Guild is just not glad with the result, it has the best to strike;
- The 6-week on-call rotation schedule has been eradicated, and workers have the best to say no on-call assignments;
- Workers who work on holidays get a comp day, which will likely be paid if not utilized in 6 months;
- Assured minimal severance for layoffs (2 weeks for yearly of service with a minimal of 8 weeks);
- Union Safety;
- Simply Trigger.
The WGA East additionally reps newsrooms at ABC Information, Audacy, CBS Information, CBSN and 13 Productions (13/WNET) amongst others.
