IAPE Contract Trivia

Read your contract and win a prize!

Congratulations to Princeton member Dan Figueiredo, the first winner of our 2023 trivia contest and a $50 gift card prize. Dan’s entry was chosen at random from several correct responses to last week’s question: either IAPE or Dow Jones have 45 days after the occurrence of any alleged grievance to file a complaint against the other party (see Article XI – Grievance Procedure, Section A).

Thanks to everyone who responded to last week’s question. Here’s your next chance to win:

Notice is required when management chooses to 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). How many days in advance must the company notify an employee of a temporary schedule change?

Think you know the answer? Send an email to 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
Thanks to the hundreds of IAPE members who responded to two recent surveys: the IAPE Satisfaction Survey and the 30 Issues contract survey. We received plenty of helpful feedback, especially in the long-answer sections of the satisfaction survey. Your feedback has provided us with some ideas about future FAQ topics, Contract 101 subjects and bargaining discussions.

Members selected mostly the same three priority options this year as they did one year ago: annual pay increases, cost-of-living/inflation protection, and work at home options. However, the percentages have changed slightly: 91.2% of members selected annual pay increases as a priority issue this year, up from 89.5% in 2022, but COLA protection dropped to 50.9% in this latest survey, compared to 58.8% last year. Similarly, 50.9% of members selected work at home options as a priority this year, down from 58.5% in 2022.

Return to office issues, a new question for the 2023 survey, was selected as a priority topic by 33.6% of members who responded to this survey.

Perhaps reflecting concerns over layoff notices issued by Dow Jones last month, 40.7% of members selected job security as a 2023 priority, an increase from last year’s selections by 34.3% of respondents.

Over the next few weeks, we’ll publish responses to remaining surveys of the IAPE membership as the union prepares for contract negotiations. If you have not yet responded to yesterday’s Wages & Hours survey, please weigh in today! (See your email for a survey link.)

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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.