WGAE’s CBS News 24/7 Union Reaches Tentative Agreement On New Contract

The Writers Guild of America East‘s national astatine CBS News 24/7 has reached a tentative statement connected a three-year statement pinch nan network.

The CBS News 24/7 national and nan WGAE Council’s Broadcast/Cable/Streaming News assemblage representatives will clasp a ballot connected ratification successful nan coming days, pinch afloat specifications released then, nan guild announced.

Last month, national members successful New York and San Francisco staged a 24-hour walkout, aft a onslaught promise was signed by 95% of nan staffers successful nan bargaining unit. The statement expired connected March 9.

A CBS News spokesperson did not instantly return a petition for comment.

The statement follows an further information of layoffs astatine nan news division, impacting astir 6% of its workforce. The cuts included nan elimination of CBS News Radio, impacting dozens of Writers Guild members. The national condemned nan decision.

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