{"id":71972,"date":"2022-01-25T01:14:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T19:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/slate-editorial-staff-ratifies-new-wga-east-collective-agreement\/"},"modified":"2022-01-25T01:16:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T19:46:20","slug":"slate-editorial-staff-approves-the-new-wga-east-collective-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/slate-editorial-staff-approves-the-new-wga-east-collective-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Slate Editorial Staff approves the new WGA East Collective Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<p>Slate&#8217;s editorial staff has unanimously ratified their second collective bargaining arrangement with the WGA East. The new, three-year contract will cover 56 staffers and will see the minimum salary rise to $58,000 in 2024, from the current minimum $51,000.<\/p>\n<p>Slate was granted union recognition in January 2018 and ratified its first collective agreement one year later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis contract improves upon the previous one with five additional weeks of parental leave, higher salary floors, guaranteed increases in annual cost of living raises for more than half of the staff, and other critical benefits,\u201dAccording to the Slate\/WGA East bargaining commission. \u201cWe are proud of the work we did with the WGA East to secure this contract and are hopeful for the future of Slate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The agreement now includes:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 3% annual increases for any unit member making under $72,999. Unit members who make between $73,000- $93,999 will get a minimum of 2 percent annual increases. Individuals earning more than $94,000 will get a minimum increase in 2022, 2023 and 2024 of 1.75% and 2% respectively.<br \/>\u2022 A one-time ratification bonus of $750.<br \/>\u2022 13 weeks of paid parental leave, increased from eight weeks.<br \/>\u2022 A budget of $10,000 a year for diversity initiatives, to be spent at the discretion of the Labor-Management Committee.<br \/>\u2022 Employees can use their personal stories without management interference for derivative works after four years, and Slate does not get to share any revenue.<br \/>\u2022 Juneteenth added as an additional holiday.<br \/>\u2022 In the event Slate lays off an employee, the company now has to give the employee 20 days\u2019 notice or pay in lieu thereof. Slate offers up to two months COBRA health coverage for anyone who loses their job.<br \/>\u2022 More robust anti-harassment language.<br \/>\u2022 Four months in which staffers working extra hours can use their comp time, two more than under the previous contract.<br \/>\u2022 Inclusion of Slate Plus editors in the recognition agreement and unit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSlate\u2019s second collective bargaining agreement improves terms and conditions for all unit members,\u201dLowell Peterson is the WGA East executive director. \u201cGuild members at Slate made their priorities clear to management and the union was able to win real gains. Solidarity delivers results at the bargaining table.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The guild represents almost 7,000 writers in film and television news (broadcast, digital and podcasts). The WGAE also represents Slate newsrooms at ABC News, ABC News and WBBM\u2013AM, WNX-AM, CBS News, CBSN. The Committee to Protect Journalists is represented by the Fox 5 WNYW TV, CBS News, CBSN. The Future plc, Gizmodo Media Groups, Future plcs, Future plcs, Hearst Magazines. The Intercept, Jewish Currents.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slate&#8217;s editorial staff has unanimously ratified their second collective bargaining arrangement with the WGA East. The new, three-year contract will cover 56 staffers and will see the minimum salary rise to $58,000 in 2024, from the current minimum $51,000. Slate was granted union recognition in January 2018 and ratified its first collective agreement one year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":71973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,3,105,106],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Slate-Editorial-Staff-Ratifies-New-WGA-East-Collective-Agreement.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71972"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}