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 union said Wednesday. The new agreement was unanimously ratified by the more than 65 writers, producers, and graphic artists in the Guild-represented bargaining unit.
“CBSN represents the future of live news, and we are very pleased to have negotiated an excellent contract,” said WGAE executive director Lowell Peterson, who was the union’s chief negotiator. “Our hard-working and dedicated bargaining committee made a compelling case to management on all of the top priority issues."
The union thanked its members at CBS News’ broadcast operations and the members who write dramas and comedies for the network, who expressed solidarity by signing petitions, visiting CBSN and tweeting their support.
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