The union that represents journalists at The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com and Barron’s asked Dow Jones & Co. for a 15 percent pay hike in the first year of a new deal to make up for inflation.
The IAPE 1096 also called for a cap of three mandatory in-office working days for the life of the contract, and proposed new contract language defining book and other derivative rights for employee-created work and protections against advancements in artificial intelligence.
The union also introduced proposals addressing member concerns regarding the coverage of specific health care services including doula coverage, increased mental health coverage, and support for seeking gender-affirming and reproductive care.
The union said that Dow Jones representatives offered no wage proposal and “took exception to IAPE’s wage proposal when the union cited the recent Times Guild and New York Times agreement as a benchmark.”
Read more here. Negotiations will continue next week.
