Solidarity at American Public Media During Contract Negotiations

After a meeting coordinated by the Organizing and News & Broadcast departments, members launched a social media and internal campaign targeted at American Public Media this spring. Member leaders at bargaining tables from MPR Music, The Current and YourClassical, Marketplace, MPR News and KPCC/SCPR detected troubling patterns of aggressive bargaining and came together to launch a campaign with one simple message across all APM unions: Fair contract now!

The situation was unique, because five of the six APM entities are organized with SAG-AFTRA, and all of their contracts are up for bargaining, giving the union leverage to demand fair wages, reasonable working conditions and accountability from management. Members came together and attended each other’s bargaining sessions, held virtual actions and showed their support for each other on social media.

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