News Media Guild bargainers reached an overall tentative agreement for its contracts with The Associated Press on Thursday. The Guild bargaining team believes it would need intense mobilization or a possible strike to make any more progress at the table, … Read More
The News Media Guild bargaining team introduced a revised salary and health insurance offer to The Associated Press on Wednesday as contract negotiations neared the 18-month mark, and the AP responded with counterproposals of its own. SALARY The Guild’s wages … Read More
Recent organizing successes highlighted this year’s sector conference of the NewsGuild-CWA, held in Orlando last weekend. The union, which represents nearly 20,000 journalists in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, has seen a surge in newsroom unionization in recent … Read More
The Associated Press introduced revised health insurance and wages proposals for Guild-covered employees, but the offer still more than doubles monthly premiums by 2022 for employees on the top-tier health plan. The AP’s modified wages offer calls for: an $800 … Read More
News Media Guild negotiators told The Associated Press on Tuesday that a break-even contract is a non-starter for their members, and that overall compensation must go up once salary, health insurance and inflation are factored in. The Guild bargaining team … Read More