ABC News Employees Agree to New Three-Year Contract

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ABC News employees have overwhelmingly agreed to a new three-year contract.

The vote was 89% in favor, 11% opposed. The contract takes effect immediately.

According
to the Writers Guild of America, whose bargaining committee signed off
on the deal April 9, the new contract gives newswriters, editors, desk
assistants, production assistants, graphic artists and researchers in
New York and Washington 2% raises in each of the next three years--the
first retroactive to April 10.  It also includes minimum salary and severance packages to
WABC-TV New York newswriters, plus training if they are laid off due to
changes in the seniority list in the new contract.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.