Supermajority Signs Petition to Organize
The radio and digital content creators at WLRN-FM have formed a union with SAG-AFTRA making them the first SAG-AFTRA public media station in Florida with 75% of the WLRN content creators signed on to the petition to unionize. They include on-air staff, hosts, reporters, editors, continuity hosts, and digital and audio producers who are dedicated to bringing the highest quality news and information to the area’s diverse communities.
"We welcome WLRN content creators to SAG-AFTRA. It’s amazing to see additional public media employees organizing for power and we look forward to the employer's response to the voluntary recognition request,” said SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland.
WLRN is a cultural institution not just for Miami but for the larger South Florida community, from Key West up the Atlantic Coast to Jupiter. The WLRN signal can be heard as far as The Bahamas and even Florida’s beloved Lake Okeechobee. WLRN staff have garnered broad public recognition for their dedication to excellence which is evident in their numerous local and national awards.
“We deserve a seat at the table in making big decisions about WLRN’s future and in negotiating our wages, salaries and working conditions to ensure WLRN is a safe, nurturing place for all employees present and future. We truly love WLRN and are proud to work here. We want to
ensure its continued success as one of the most vital and accessible sources of accurate information for South Florida and beyond” said the newly formed unit in their petition to management.
WLRN joins public media outlets nationwide in unionizing with SAG-AFTRA, including NPR and its member stations across the country, as well as WFAE, WETA, NewsHour, WESA, OPB, KQED, MPR, NHPR, WAMU, WBEZ, WBUR, WHYY and WNYC, among others.
About SAG-AFTRA
SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other entertainment and media professionals. SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices that entertain and inform America and the world. A proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO, SAG-AFTRA has national offices in Los Angeles and New York and local offices nationwide representing members working together to secure the strongest protections for entertainment and media artists into the 21st century and beyond. Visit SAG-AFTRA online at SAGAFTRA.org.