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A group of PBS NewsHour content creators seeking to join their colleagues in unionizing with SAG-AFTRA has been voluntarily recognized by management.
After a card check was completed on Thursday, employer NewsHour Productions (which is owned by Washington, D.C.-based PBS member station Weta) wrote in a statement to staff that the NewsHour Union had been voluntarily recognized. The statement added, “We welcome this newly formed group as represented by SAG-AFTRA and look forward to working together on a collective bargaining agreement.” SAG-AFTRA confirmed the news on Thursday.
In their own written statement, the NewsHour Union acknowledged the voluntary recognition and asserted that “Weta and NewsHour still intend to exclude 3 groups (8 positions) — software developers, archival researchers and production managers, positions that are integral to NewsHour journalism and content.” The group added, “We will be bargaining for their inclusion first thing. We want...
A group of PBS NewsHour content creators seeking to join their colleagues in unionizing with SAG-AFTRA has been voluntarily recognized by management.
After a card check was completed on Thursday, employer NewsHour Productions (which is owned by Washington, D.C.-based PBS member station Weta) wrote in a statement to staff that the NewsHour Union had been voluntarily recognized. The statement added, “We welcome this newly formed group as represented by SAG-AFTRA and look forward to working together on a collective bargaining agreement.” SAG-AFTRA confirmed the news on Thursday.
In their own written statement, the NewsHour Union acknowledged the voluntary recognition and asserted that “Weta and NewsHour still intend to exclude 3 groups (8 positions) — software developers, archival researchers and production managers, positions that are integral to NewsHour journalism and content.” The group added, “We will be bargaining for their inclusion first thing. We want...
- 7/28/2022
- by Katie Kilkenny
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Content creators at PBS NewsHour have revealed that they are attempting to unionize with SAG-AFTRA, which already represents the news unit’s anchors and correspondents.
The workers, who are calling their group the NewsHour Union, announced their organizing attempt on Tuesday. “As the creative engine behind one of the most trusted news institutions in the country, our goal is to strengthen this pillar of American television news by creating a better, healthier and more transparent workplace,” the organizing committee said in a press release, adding that they are hoping to foster “the best workplace in public media.”
The group is advocating to include more than 75 workers in the bargaining unit, including reporters, editors, producers, associate producers and others. Most of these workers are based in Arlington, Va., but some are based in the PBS NewsHour West Bureau in Phoenix, Ariz. and others are...
Content creators at PBS NewsHour have revealed that they are attempting to unionize with SAG-AFTRA, which already represents the news unit’s anchors and correspondents.
The workers, who are calling their group the NewsHour Union, announced their organizing attempt on Tuesday. “As the creative engine behind one of the most trusted news institutions in the country, our goal is to strengthen this pillar of American television news by creating a better, healthier and more transparent workplace,” the organizing committee said in a press release, adding that they are hoping to foster “the best workplace in public media.”
The group is advocating to include more than 75 workers in the bargaining unit, including reporters, editors, producers, associate producers and others. Most of these workers are based in Arlington, Va., but some are based in the PBS NewsHour West Bureau in Phoenix, Ariz. and others are...
- 7/13/2022
- by Katie Kilkenny
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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