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Writers Guild East Negotiates First Union Contact for CBSN

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In a milestone development, the Writers Guild of America  East has negotiated a first collective bargaining agreement with CBSN, the first anchored live-streaming news service to be unionized.

The guild announced Wednesday that the new three-year agreement was unanimously ratified by the more than 65 writers, producers, and graphic artists in the bargaining unit.

It said the pact — which goes into effect immediately — provides across-the-board pay increases of 3% per year. The WGA East said the deal includes “substantial” improvements, including night shift differential, short turn-around pay, standby pay, and extra pay for long work weeks for all employees.

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