Writers Guild of America, East members of Audacy news WINS-AM/FM in New York, have overwhelmingly approved a new collective bargaining agreement with the radio station’s leadership.
As part of the agreement between the two parties, the new three-year contract contains minimum wage increases of three percent in the first year of the contract and 2.25% increases in the second and third years of the contract.
“This contract represents a very good deal for our members. We achieved wage increases for all Service Aides, Writers, and Editors, along with even greater wage improvements for News Production Assistants, with retroactivity to July when our old contract expired,” a statement from the Bargaining Unit read (h/t Inside Radio).
“We also won additional paid time off for both staff and freelance employees. We got a commitment from management to discuss certain other issues where we did not see eye-to-eye. All in all, the agreement is fair and we hope to work with management to further the issues we didn’t come to [an] agreement on.”
Along with the pay increase, both parties agree to hold talks if certain situations should occur, such as discussing meal penalties if the newsrooms of WCBS 880 and 1010 WINS are combined.
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