Wednesday, January 9, 2008

CBS News Union Reaches New Contract

The union, which includes about 500 news writers, editors, production assistants and researchers, will get a 3.5% wage increase and a one-time signing bonus.

CBS Corp. said Wednesday that it reached a tentative new contract with union employees in its news division that includes a 3.5% wage increase and a one-time signing bonus.

The union, which includes about 500 news writers, editors, production assistants and researchers in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, D.C., had been working under an expired contract since April 1, 2005.

The workers are represented by the Writers Guild of America East and West – the same union that has crippled television and film production for months. [Click for MORE]

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