Survey Says: How Do You Feel About Phase 2?

Dow Jones employees were informed last week of company plans to prepare offices for reopening in Phase 2. The message to staff described voluntary returns to Dow Jones offices and safety measures including “health screenings and having set ways of entering, exiting and moving around in the office” as well as “a desk booking system to create a safe distance, which means that you won’t necessarily go back to your former seat.”

The company memo also explained, “In order for us to clean every usable desk, every single day, we'll also be introducing a clear-desk policy, meaning that no personal items should be left out on top of or under workstations.”

Today, we’d like to know how you feel about these Phase 2 plans—whether you plan on voluntarily returning to an office during this phase or not. Please take a few minutes to complete this survey. Your responses will better inform IAPE representatives as we continue to discuss pandemic-related items with management.

Feedback: Working From Home
In last week’s update on IAPE attempts to negotiate over Covid relief, which have reached the point where the union was forced to file an unfair labor practice charge against Dow Jones, you may have missed IAPE’s request for members to share information about how working in a pandemic environment has affected you.

There is still time to send us a brief description of the challenges you—or you and your family—have faced in a work from home environment. Email your submissions to union@iape1096.org, and we’ll tweet your words and images (anonymously) to IAPE followers!

Board of Directors to Meet Saturday
The IAPE Board of Directors will hold its next regular meeting on Saturday, Mar. 13. All IAPE members are eligible to attend IAPE Board meetings—if you are interested in joining this gathering of your IAPE representatives, please register on our Events page. This meeting will be conducted via Zoom. Meeting invitations and access links will be emailed to confirmed attendees later this week.