Bargaining Update

ABC/Disney

NABET-CWA members ratified a four-year master agreement covering nearly 3,000 staff and daily hires at ABC Network/Disney. The contract covers workers at ABC Network operations, ABC Sports operations, and the four network-owned television stations in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

NABET-CWA members at ABC work as broadcast technicians, telecommunications specialists, news writers, producers, desk assistants, publicists, and plant maintenance personnel.

The agreement provides for a 9 percent across-the-board wage increase over the contract term; improvements for daily hire employees including a paid sick leave provision and enhancements to health and retirement benefit plans; improvements for staff that include an increased pension accrual rate and other gains, and anticipated future job opportunities in "new media" for all employees.

More details are available here. 

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Camden County Library

Support staff at the Camden County, N.J., library system, members of CWA Local 1014, rallied last week as part of their fair contract fight.

More than 50 library workers from eight locations rallied at two separate locations, joined by AFSCME members and supporters. CWAers are fighting for a $15 per hour wage as part of a fair contract. Camden County is one of the busiest library systems in the state, and is the top-rated service in the county. Library workers have been hit hard by staff reductions and expanded workloads.