Contract Trivia: Union Leave

Congratulations to Princeton member Daria Pettus, this week’s winner of our 2023 trivia contest and a $50 prize. Daria’s entry was selected from several correct responses to Monday’s question about probation periods for new employees: Dow Jones has nine months (excluding any periods of disability) from the date of hiring to discharge an employee without risking a grievance from the union (see Article VI - Job Security, Section A).

As we get closer and closer to the expiry date of the current contract between IAPE and Dow Jones, the union’s Board of Directors is busily reviewing current contract language and draft proposals for a new agreement. Next weekend, IAPE directors will gather in New York for the biennial meeting of the IAPE Board where the contract will be a key topic for discussion. The contract actually provides union directors with the ability to take time away from work to attend union meetings.

Under the terms of the IAPE/DJ contract, how many days of unpaid leave may IAPE directors take to attend biennial Board of Directors’ meetings?

hink 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 until Thursday at midnight  to find the answer within the current collective agreement between IAPE and Dow Jones, and email that answer back to us. This 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 prize every thirty days.