Foreign Policy unit wins first Guild contract; Contract talks at the Post head Into fifth month

After nearly a year of collective bargaining, the Washington-Baltimore News Guild and the Foreign Policy magazine have reached an agreement on a two-year contract. Among the highlights of the new agreement are guaranteed raises for everyone and minimum salaries for every position. The bargaining unit’s first contract also features a “just cause” stipulation for termination and all forms of discipline. “We won’t be at-will employees anymore,” said Unit Chair Ben Soloway. “No more arbitrary firing. Discipline will have to follow a very clear process.” The unit was organized in 2016. In other Guild news, contract talks at The Washington Post are now in their fifth month. When on-the-record contract talks resumed Oct. 4, management proposed what the union bargaining team described as “a terrible, short-sighted, morale-destroying proposal.”
- photo by Chris Garlock

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