Contract Trivia: Excluded Departments
/Congratulations to Princeton member Barbara Zalewski, this week’s winner of our 2023 trivia contest and a $50 prize. Barbara’s response was selected from correct answers to last week’s question: when overtime-exempt employees are assigned work outside their homes on Scheduled Days Off, they are entitled to a maximum of 12 hours (earned at 1.5X for eight hours of work) in a single calendar day. (see Article II - Hours and Overtime, Section H.3).
We would like to welcome all our new contest participants, especially our newest IAPE members! Many new hires are often surprised to learn that Dow Jones is a unionized workplace and that we represent so many different groups of employees. Still, the IAPE contract doesn’t apply to everyone at Dow Jones. With that in mind, see if you know the answer to this week’s question:
Which five Dow Jones departments are specifically excluded from IAPE coverage?
Think you know? Email your response to union@iape1096.org. 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.
Retirement Survey Results
Only 82 IAPE members responded to a survey about their retirement savings plan, but several offered interesting suggestions for changes to the Dow Jones plan. Among the most frequent requests: no waiting period for vesting of employer contributions.
Other highlights from responses to this latest survey:
97.6% make contributions to retirement accounts,
14.6% contribute less than 6%
The majority make pre-tax contributions
22% save via Roth post-tax options
Most are very familiar or somewhat familiar with their 401(k) plans
Only 42.7% are satisfied with investment options provided by Fidelity
Thanks to all members who responded to this latest survey about potential contract negotiation topics. Watch your email for future questions, and be sure to check out results of questionnaires from earlier this year:
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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.