IAPE Members Ratify Agreement With Dow Jones

A majority of the members of IAPE The NewsGuild-CWA Local 1096 have voted to approve a new, three-year collective agreement. 

Polls closed on Sunday at 11:59 a.m. EST and 91.2% of voting members approved the new agreement, while about 8.8% chose to reject the deal.

We had a return rate of 61.72%, with 740 of 1,199 eligible voters casting electronic ballots. The Union’s election provider, Trueballot Inc., certified the ratification results with a final count of 675 in favor and 65 opposed. 

IAPE and Dow Jones representatives will now meet to sign a Memorandum of Agreement. Terms of the new contract will take effect immediately. The new contract term is scheduled to last through June 30, 2022.