The 160-member Guild unit at AFL-CIO headquarters is working under a new 30-month collective bargaining agreement that immediately paid one week of salary as a signing bonus. The contract for the labor federation’s professional employees, which runs to March 31, 2018, expired Sept. 30, but had 120 days of retroactivity; a tentative agreement was reached …
AFL-CIO Guild Shop, Two Affiliated Units Have New CBAs Read More »
The 135 Guild members at the Baltimore Sun are breathing a little easier than many of their daily newspaper brethren: They have a three-year union contract that protects and preserves many of the benefits gained over the years. The Sun, like virtually all other U.S. dailies has been hit hard in recent years by changing …
Mergers with locals based in North Carolina and New York have expanded WBNG’s membership and geographical reach. To the south of Washington and Baltimore, the two shops that comprise the former IUE-CWA Local 83188 are the North Carolina AFL-CIO and the Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF) organization, both of which are based in the Research …
WBNG Brings ‘Beyond the Beltway(s)’ Shops Into the Fold Read More »
RATIFICATION BONUS TO BE PAID IN JANUARY UNLIMITED MERIT, SPOT BONUSES 401(K) IMPROVEMENTS DOUBLING OF PARENTING LEAVE In late December, Guild members overwhelmingly approved the tentative agreement the Guild bargaining team reached with management, triggering the payment of a $425 signing bonus to each employee and an improved 401(k) match for employees not covered by …
The Guild and BBNA management reached tentative agreement in the early morning hours Wednesday on a new contract that will increase wages, freeze health care costs for two years, increase new-parent leave and protect retiree health care. Guild members will still need to ratify the agreement for it to go into effect. The agreement would …
Tentative Agreement! New Deal Protects Guaranteed Pay Raises Read More »
Guild and management bargainers agreed yesterday to take a break in off-the-record negotiations so the Guild can work on a complete counter-proposal to management’s “alternative” proposal. Management set a self-imposed deadline of December 15th to reach an agreement. Guild bargain- ers are working to have a comprehensive counter by Monday, while continuing to perform their …
Guild and Management Recess Talks Guild Bargainers Working on Comprehensive Proposal Read More »
The Guild and BBNA management for the past couple of weeks have been conducting negotiations in “off-the-record” talks. In these off-the-record talks, each side has agreed not to publicize anything said during the discus- sions or reveal any proposals that might be exchanged. That is the primary reason you haven’t heard much from us during …
No vacation carryover Guild sick leave bank dissolved BBNA has right to unilaterally reduce health benefits and/or increase co-pays, deductibles etc. Starting as early as 2017, employees would have to pay premiums based on a percentage — up to 30% (35% in 2018), at BBNA’s discretion Starting as early as 2017, pre-medicare retirees would have to …
Summary (and by No Means a Complete List) of BBNA Proposed Takebacks Read More »
The Guild Tuesday delivered a proposal for a new contract, containing pay raises ranging up to eight percent a year; a sharp increase in new parent leave; reduced health costs; student loan aid; improved vacation provisions; improved 401(k) matching; and much more. BBNA proposed two contracts — yes, that’s correct. BOTH would attack job security; …
Guild Proposes Major Improvements; BBNA Proposes Gutting Contract Read More »
The 100 Guild members at Radio Free Asia have ratified a three-year agreement providing January wage hikes that will be 1 percent above the increases realized by federal employees. At United Way Worldwide, six WBNG-represented employees have secured a one-year contract extension featuring a 3 percent pay boost.
