Chicago Local Secures New Agreement at CPM

The Chicago Public Media content creators and technical employee units ratified new successor contracts with numerous improvements. Among the highlights are significant increases to salary minimums, a 4% annual increase in 2022, greater severance protection and caps on health premium employee share. In the months immediately preceding negotiations, Chicago Public Media acquired Chicago’s second-largest newspaper, the Chicago Sun-Times. The bargaining team was successful in negotiating job security protections, including no layoffs as a direct result of collaboration with Sun-Times employees on Chicago Public Media platforms and content creator unit minimums. Once again, strong bargaining unit member participation was critical to the success of these negotiations.

This item originally featured in the SAG-AFTRA magazine summer 2022 issue.