Contract Trivia: Personal Days?

Congratulations to Princeton member Jasmine Hamada, this week’s winner of our 2023 trivia contest and a $50 prize. Jasmine’s response was selected from several correct answers to last week’s question: negotiations for the renewal, modification or extension of the contract may be instituted by either IAPE or Dow Jones within sixty days prior to its expiration. (see Article XXVI – Duration and Renewal, Section B).

Next Friday is St. Patrick’s Day—unfortunately not a holiday recognized by the IAPE contract. However, if members are able to schedule time off with their manager, they can use available personal days or “floaters” to take the day off, which brings us to today’s question:

How many personal days does an IAPE-represented employee on a four- or five-day workweek receive at the start of each year?

Special “Bonus Entry” if you can tell us how many floaters an employee receives until the end of a calendar year if they are hired after October 1!

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 relevant section. 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 prize from IAPE.

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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.