WGA Members Ratify CBS Contract

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

CBS News personnel represented by the Writers
Guild of America East and West have ratified a new, three-year contract.

The vote was 83% to 17% for the agreement, which
provides for a 2% pay raise in January, and another 2% in April 2012.

The contract covers news writers, writer/producers, editors, desk
assistants, production assistants, graphic artists and promotion writers in New
York, Chicago, Washington and Los Angeles.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.