EXCLUSIVE: The 30-member editorial staff at The Intercept, the digital investigative news site, has ratified its second union contract with the WGA East.
Gains achieved in the new three-year agreement include increases to minimum salaries of at least $10,000 for all job tiers; three months of paid professional leave; five months of paid parental leave; and pay equity salary adjustments as high as $11,200.
The new deal also provides for $100-a-month mental health stipends, and all gender-neutral bathrooms in the office – both firsts for a WGA East contract.The WGAE/Intercept bargaining committee sees the new contract as a model for workers at other news organizations to follow. “We’re excited that this contract will push the bar forward for
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