Editorial Staff Of Fast Company & Inc. Unanimously Ratify New WGA East Contract

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The WGA East’s second contract with Fast Company and Inc. has been unanimously ratified by their 60-member editorial staffs.

The two print and digital business news outlets are owned by Mansueto Ventures.“The WGA East members at Fast Company and Inc.

won a second collective bargaining agreement that successfully builds off our first union contract with Mansueto Ventures,” said Lowell Peterson, the guild’s executive director. “Thanks to a strong bargaining unit, the union was able to make significant gains in pay, benefits, parental leave, ending NDAs, and expanding the company’s commitment to diversity.

The guild will continue to fight for contracts that allow journalists to build sustainable careers and protect their creative work.”Fast Company’s staff union with the guild was voluntarily recognized by management in July 2018.