have greenlit a first union contract with their employer.East have ratified a recent tentative agreement reached by negotiators, the union announced on Monday. The entire 25-member bargaining unit voted to ratify the contract on Thursday.
In a statement, members of the bargaining committee stated that the contract “sets a new standard for the documentary television industry and reflects the progressive values of McGee Media.”Carol Lombardini to Step Down as Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers' President Next Year The new contract establishes three percent annual wage increases for union members and healthcare contributions through the Entertainment Industry Flex Plan. The three-year deal also requires 10 vacation days and a minimum of three sick days after two weeks of employment . According to the union, McGee Media is its first unionized nonfiction workplace to include paid parental leave in its contract.
Like many entertainment union contracts negotiated in the last two years, the deal includes language covering the use of AI in the workplace: It necessitates advanced notice and “discussion” if AI tools are put in place at the company. 10 days advance notice of “dark weeks” — time periods when at least part of the production takes a break — is required, and otherwise payment is incurred. The contract also includes a language offering “the right to disconnect.
The McGee Media unionization is part of a renewed push by the East Coast-based writers’ union to further organize the reality television and documentary production space. In the last two years, the company has notched unions at Story Syndicate as well as McGee Media and begun union drives atShopping With THR. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services.