Writers Guild of America announce editorial workers at Gawker beget agreed a union contract setting minimum salaries and guarantees 3% raises each yearThe union representing the editorial staff at Gawker Media has announced that it has successfully bargained the first union contract at a digital media company – an innovative three-year deal that sets minimum pay levels and gives Gawker’s 99 union members a 3% across-the-board raise each year.
Lowell Peterson,executive director of the Writers Guild of America East, the union representing Gawker’s workers, or said the deal was far different from traditional television or newspaper contracts. He said it includes an unusual provision on editorial independence: “Any decision on editorial content has to be made by the editorial side – not by trade decisions or advertisers.” Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com