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Wirecutter union reaches deal on contract

The union that represents journalists at Wirecutter have reached an agreement on a contract after two years of negotiating.

The agreement immediately increases salaries by an average of nearly $5,000 and sets a new salary floor of $59,000. It guarantees 2 percent to 2.5 percent in annual increases and eliminates the use of non-disclosure agreements in cases of harassment.

According to the union, the deal also secures strong diversity, equity, and inclusion commitments, guarantees just cause protections, sets a more equitable bonus structure, and expands the bereavement leave to include cohabitating partners.

The product review website’s staff staged a strike during its peak traffic period around Black Friday. Supporters raised over $42,000 to help compensate workers for missed overtime pay.

The site is owned by the New York Times.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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