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The editorial staff at digital news site Slate has unanimously ratified its second collective bargaining agreement with the WGA East. The new three-year contract, covering 56 staffers, will see salary minimums rise to $58,000 by 2024, up from the current minimum of $51,000. Slate won union recognition in January 2018…

The editorial staff at Salon, the digital news site, has voted unanimously to ratify their second collective bargaining agreement with the WGA East. Under the new deal, nearly half of the 16 guild members covered by the contract will receive salary increases of at least $10,000 a year. “We worked hard and in good…

The Writers Guild of America revealed nominations Thursday in television, new media, news, radio/audio and promotional categories for the 2022 WGA Awards, which are scheduled to take place Sunday, March 20 hosted by the WGA West and WGA East. Nominees in the marquee TV categories include reigning Comedy Series winner T…

The WGA East's second contract with Fast Company and Inc. has been unanimously ratified by their 60-member editorial staffs. The two print and digital business news outlets are owned by Mansueto Ventures. "The WGA East members at Fast Company and Inc. won a second collective bargaining agreement that successfully…

Jewish Currents and the WGA East have reached their first-ever collective bargaining agreement. The new three-year contract was unanimously approved by digital news outlet's seven-member editorial staff. It will bring all salaries above $60,000 by the end of the contract and provides for 4% pay raises in the first and…

The WGA East has reached a new contract agreement with Vice Media that the guild calls "landmark,” consolidating the company's four previous guild contracts under one deal. The new three-year collective bargaining agreement was ratified by Vice's 160-member bargaining unit. The guild previously had four contracts at…

Chalkbeat and the WGA East have reached their first collective bargaining agreement, which has been unanimously ratified by the digital news organization's 30-member bargaining unit that includes writers, editors and video producers. "The Chalkbeat Guild is made up of people who provide essential local education…

A majority of the 125 writers, producers, hosts, editors and researchers at the iHeartPodcast Network have signed union cards to organize with the WGA East, which is calling on the company to recognize the guild voluntarily as the bargaining representative of its staff. "We are pleased to welcome the storytellers at…

EXCLUSIVE: The 30-member editorial staff at The Intercept, the digital investigative news site, has ratified its second union contract with the WGA East. Gains achieved in the new three-year agreement include increases to minimum salaries of at least $10,000 for all job tiers; three months of paid professional leave…

UPDATED with WGA West Statement: Hollywood’s unions have issued a statement of support for IATSE in its efforts to reach a new film and TV contract with management’s AMPTP, saying that they “stand in solidarity” with IATSE as it prepares to conduct a strike authorization among its members. The statement was signed by…

The WGA East said today that it stands "shoulder to shoulder" with IATSE in its fight for a fair contract. IATSE is currently mobilizing to secure strike authorization from its members after contract talks with management's AMPTP failed to reach a new agreement earlier this week. IATSE will begin holding a strike…

Michael Winship, running unopposed, has been elected president of the WGA East, the guild said Tuesday, but his running mates for seats on the guild’s council took a drubbing. Seven candidates on the opposition’s Solidarity slate were elected to the council, compared to only four on Winship’s Inclusion & Experience…