IAPE Contract Trivia

Read your contract and win a prize!

Congratulations to remote member Chandan Jamalgad, the latest winner of our 2023 trivia contest and a $50 prize. Chandan’s entry was chosen at random from several correct responses to last week’s question: when management chooses to temporarily change a work schedule (days of work or start time by more than one hour) for any IAPE-represented employee (except when a change is necessary due to certain urgent situations), management must provide at least seven days’ advance notice (see Article III – Job Classification and Wages, Section H).

Thanks to everyone who responded to last week’s question.

With this morning’s unfortunate news following yesterday’s News Corp. earnings call, delivery of the trivia question for this week is a little behind schedule. While nobody ever wants to see layoffs at Dow Jones, it is somewhat reassuring to know that the collective agreement between IAPE and Dow Jones contains provisions explaining how layoffs should occur, as well as how employees should be compensated when positions are eliminated.

With that in mind, here is this week’s trivia question:

Payment of severance is required whenever management chooses to eliminate positions via layoff, including when jobs are outsourced or automated, or when employees refuse to relocate after a position has been transferred. What is the maximum number of weeks’ worth of severance the company is required to pay when a position is eliminated?

Think you know the answer? Email union@iape1096.org and let us know. Not sure? Scroll through our contract posted on the IAPE website to find the answer. Members in good standing* will have one week to find the answer within the current collective agreement between IAPE and Dow Jones, and email that answer back to us. Next Friday, one winner will be selected at random from all the correct responses, and that winning member will receive a $50 gift card from IAPE.

Survey Results
Results from last week’s Wages & Hours survey will not be available until Monday. If you have not yet had an opportunity to submit your feedback on wages, IAPE will hold that survey open for a few additional days. Please also take a few moments to weigh in on the union survey about health care coverage. (See your email for links to both surveys.)

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*The IAPE contract trivia question is a weekly contest for members of the IAPE/DJ bargaining unit in the United States and Canada, working under the terms of the collective agreement between Dow Jones & Company Inc. and the Independent Association of Publishers’ Employees (IAPE) TNG/CWA Local 1096, AFL-CIO,CLC, in effect from July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023. IAPE officers, IAPE directors, IAPE staff, fee-paying non-members and non-members in right-to-work states (or new employees not yet paying dues to IAPE) are not eligible for prizes. Contest period lasts through 11:59 PM Eastern Time each Thursday. On Friday, one winner will be selected from the previous week’s correct answers by a random drawing. Winners are limited to one gift card prize every thirty days.