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Center for Public Integrity staffers form union

WASHINGTON — Staff at the Center for Public Integrity have unionized with the Washington-Baltimore News Guild (CWA Local 32035). The unit will have 20 members, representing employees working in both the news and development departments. Staff began discussing unionization in late August, with efforts picking up steam in September and October. After securing signed authorization …

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WBNG Adds Two Bargaining Units

Staff of The Real News Network and of the Democratic Socialists of America have received voluntary recognition of the Washington-Baltimore News Guild as their exclusive bargaining representative. The union-seeking workers at the Baltimore-based progressive news organization known as TRNN comprise journalists, studio and information-technology employees, and fundraisers. The organizing effort culminated in an online petition in …

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Guild Unit at Center for Popular Democracy Wins First CBA

The three-dozen member WBNG unit at the Center for Popular Democracy has its first Guild contract, a three-year agreement ratified Feb. 17 by a unanimous vote. “The CBA includes significant advances for Guild members,” said Local Representative Rick Ehrmann. “There’s a union-shop clause, grievance and arbitration procedures, annual pay-equity evaluations, cost-of-living adjustments, and paid family …

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Solidarity Center Guild Unit Ratifies Three-Year Contract

The widely scattered Guild unit at the Solidarity Center has ratified a collective bargaining agreement to succeed the contract that expired Sept. 25. The new contract features a 1 percent signing bonus, and annual wage increases of 1.5 percent the first year, 1.75 percent in the second year, and 2 percent in the third year. …

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Local 500 SEIU Unit Negotiates Three 3 Percent Pay Hikes

WBNG members at Local 500 SEIU have ratified an agreement that provides 3 percent raises in each year of a three-year agreement that is effective retroactive to July 1. “The new contract includes improvements in health benefits,” said Unit Chair Ed Fortney, “as well as the introduction of successor language and language limiting how long …

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Tentative Three-Year Agreement Reached at Solidarity Center

Guild bargainers on Sept. 30 wrapped up talks with Solidarity Center management and later announced that a tentative agreement had been reached on a three-year contract to succeed the deal that expired Sept. 25. “The SC and Guild will work on finalizing the new CBA language,” Solidarity Center Unit Chair Rob Pajkovski said in an …

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