"All we want is fair pay and work protections. We bend over backwards for this company. For example, our San Francisco team, which has less than a dozen people representing WGA East, provides hours worth of content for CBS News 24/7. Paramount tells us they value the 24/7 program. But the contract they are offering does not reflect that sentiment."
"The key issues for the bargaining unit are guaranteed wage increases, meaningful overtime rules, protected union jurisdiction, and flexible work from home protections. The bargaining unit's request for a guaranteed wage increase in line with inflation was dismissed and management only offered a 1.75 percent increase."
Writers and producers at CBS News 24/7 in San Francisco plan to strike on Tuesday after negotiations with Paramount/CBS News failed to reach agreement. This marks the first labor action at the legacy news station since Bari Weiss became national corporation head and the first major strike challenge following the Paramount Warner Bros. Discovery merger. The 60-person bargaining unit unanimously signed a strike pledge after management rejected key demands including guaranteed wage increases aligned with inflation, meaningful overtime rules, protected union jurisdiction, and flexible work-from-home protections. Management offered only a 1.75 percent wage increase. The workers' contract, which contained a no-strike clause, expired, enabling the strike action.
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