Bargaining Roundup

Tutor Associates

CWA Local 1180 members at education company Tutor Associates ratified their first union contract last month after 776 days of bargaining. The contract includes wage increases, improved scheduling, better safety protocols, and management accountability measures. Members waged an impressive contract campaign, both at the bargaining table and through effective mobilization efforts.

Rainforest Action Network

Members of Rainforest Action Network Alliance for Workers (RAWR-CWA Local 9415) ratified their first contract in November, securing caregiver support, improved wages, conflict resolution language, and flexible work solutions. Members voted unanimously to accept the contract. Rainforest Action Network voluntarily recognized the union in August 2022.

L.A. Times

After three years of contentious negotiations, journalists at the L.A. Times, members of the Media Guild of the West (TNG-CWA Local 39213), voted overwhelmingly in favor of a new contract that locks in pay increases. The bargaining team was met with stiff opposition from management, which sought to roll back protections codified in the Guild’s first contract, ratified in 2019. Guild members beat back the company’s attempts to expand its ability to use non-union labor to perform newsroom job duties and weaken just cause protections in disciplinary investigations. To read more about this win, click here.

LNP/LancasterOnline and WITF

NewsGuild members at outlets LancasterOnline and WITF (represented by the NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia-CWA Local 38010) overwhelmingly ratified their first union contract, securing major wins. The contract includes a vastly improved health plan, a minimum salary of $50,700 for full-time employees, pay raises, a signing bonus, 12 weeks of parental leave at 75 percent pay, and up to eight weeks of severance pay depending on time with the company.

Salt Lake Tribune

Members of the Salt Lake News Guild ratified their first contract, a first in the 155-year history of the Salt Lake Tribune. The two-year contract covers members at The Tribune, the Tribune-owned Times-Independent of Moab, and the Southern Utah Tribune. Members agreed to minimum annual salary limits, guaranteed cost-of-living raises, improved job security, and limits on the use of artificial intelligence in the creation of news content. Salt Lake News Guild members are part of the Denver News Guild (TNG-CWA 37074).