Contract Trivia – We Pitched a Shutout

We have no trivia winner to congratulate this week. Our question last Friday, how many specific holidays are recognized by the IAPE/DJ contract, produced several responses. The majority of members found our nine holidays in the United States, but forgot about additional days for members in Canada. Two responses were close, but not quite right.

For the record, the collective agreement recognizes 18 specific holidays. Three on both sides of the border (New Years’ Day, Labor [or Labour] Day and Christmas Day), six additional days for members in the U.S. (Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day and Thanksgiving—in November), six days for all members in Canada (Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Truth and Reconciliation Day, Thanksgiving—in October—and Boxing Day), two days for members in Ontario (Family Day and Civic Day) and St. Jean Baptiste for members in Quebec. (See Article VIII-A and VIII-B for full details.)

Better luck this week! Here’s our next question:

Stand-by pay applies to IAPE-represented Employees who are required to immediately respond to calls on a 24-hour basis, except for newsroom Employees whose duties to report and write breaking news stories may require them to respond to news events whenever they occur. What is the daily, non-weekend/holiday stand-by pay rate for overtime exempt employees?

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.

Next Wednesday: IAPE in New York
IAPE members at 1211 AOA, your friendly union representatives will be back in the building on Mar. 1 to answer any workplace or union questions you might have. And we’ll have swag! If you’re working in the office next Wednesday, keep an eye on your email for notice of our location. If you have time to take a break at 2:00 p.m., please join us for an in-person edition of Contract 101 (again, location TBA). Members outside of New York can join remotely. Please register here.

Contract Survey: Evaluations
We have received plenty of great short-answer feedback within our latest survey on Dow Jones performance evaluations—and the yes/no responses are interesting, too. This survey will remain open until next Thursday. You can find a link to this survey in your email.

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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.