Fifteen broadcast and digital producers and assignment editors at WCCO-TV in Minnesota have been officially recognized as a SAG-AFTRA association following a unanimous vote by the National Labor Relations Board. Employees of the CBS affiliate in Minneapolis, which produces digital content and resource information for the newsroom, WCCO.com, and the CBS News Minnesota broadcast service, began arranging talks with a union in January 2019. Staff and newsroom from WCCO-TV. Breeders were already members of the guild.
“These digital makers and broadcasters at the table sent a powerful message about the power of community and solidarity,” said Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, national director of SAG-AFTRA. “Your unanimous vote to join your colleagues at the station reinforces your commitment to your colleagues and journalism.”
“On behalf of the Twin Cities Local Council, I congratulate the WCCO broadcast and digital team and the assignment table editors on their victory,” said Peter Moore, SAG-AFTRA Twin Cities Local President. “His victory is a testament to the value and necessity of union membership and the power of solidarity.” We are happy to welcome our new brothers.” Moore is the son of Dave Moore, who made the nightly news at WCCO from 1957 until his retirement in 1991.
In Minnesota, in addition to WCCO-TV news anchors, reporters, and producers, SAG-AFTRA represents the employees of WCCO-AM, along with music stations Minnesota Public Radio, MPR The Current, and MPR Classical.
Source: Deadline
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