Bargaining Update: A Short Meeting Before a Long Weekend

Also, Join Us For The Photo Editor Vote Count!

Dow Jones and IAPE bargaining teams met briefly Thursday morning and reviewed a new proposal document containing five proposals from the company, responses to items presented in the union’s Aug. 29 proposal.

Wages were not discussed during today’s bargaining meeting.

Dow Jones and IAPE have reached tentative agreements on shift differential—once a new contract is in effect, the new differential rate for assigned evening and night shifts will be $155 per week—and on procedures for slotting newly classified job titles within the IAPE and Dow Jones tier structure.

IAPE reps pledged to review management proposals on stand-by pay—Dow Jones continues to insist on the ability to pay stand-by amounts in half-day increments—and contract language defining advance notice of disciplinary and investigatory meetings.

Dow Jones is continuing to consider IAPE’s proposal to include weight management and nutrition counseling programs as eligible expenses under the IAPE physical fitness reimbursement benefit.

The union and the company also discussed respective job security proposals currently on the table. While the conversation was productive, no new positions were exchanged today.

With the long weekend ahead of us, IAPE and Dow Jones teams agreed to skip a bargaining session scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 5 and will meet again next Thursday, Sept. 7.

Happy Labor/Labour Day!
IAPE officers, directors and staff send very best wishes to all members for a safe and happy Labor (or Labour) Day weekend. The Union office will close early on Friday and be closed on Monday for the holiday—our favorite one of the year!—but will reopen as usual on Tuesday, Sept. 5. Members in New York and New Jersey, watch your email next week for details about joining the New York City Labor Day Parade on Saturday, Sept. 9.

Remember: if you’re scheduled to work on Monday, Article VIII of the IAPE/DJ contract requires that you receive Holiday Pay: time-and-one-half for regular hours worked, double-time for hours in excess of your regular schedule. Don’t forget to file for your pay in Workday! And remember: in addition to Holiday Pay, YOU have the option to request either an additional day’s pay OR a comp day for working on a contract holiday.

Happy Labor (Labour) Day!

Photo Editors: Counting the Days Until We Can Count Votes!
Nearly one full year after WSJ Photo Editors filed with the National Labor Relations Board to be represented by IAPE, NLRB agents will count representation election ballots on Friday, Sept. 8! All ballots will be commingled and counted at the NLRB Region 02 Office starting at 10:00 a.m. EDT.

The vote count is open to the public. IAPE members interested in attending are welcome, and should join IAPE staff and our soon-to-be-new-members outside the Board office shortly before 10:00 a.m. for group photos. Masks are strongly encouraged—IAPE (or red) t-shirts are mandatory!  :)

Please RSVP by early next week if you plan to attend!