OPB and KMHD staff form union with SAG-AFTRA
Employees with Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) and KHMD Jazz Radio are officially forming a union with SAG-AFTRA.
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"Employees with Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) and KHMD Jazz Radio are officially forming a union with SAG-AFTRA.
According to a press release from SAG-AFTRA, over 80% of OPB and KMHD’s content creators – including on-air staff, hosts, reporters, audio and video producers – signed the petition to unionize, delivering it to OPB management on Thursday."
"In the petition, the employees wrote, in part:
“We request a systemic change that we strongly believe will provide the structure to ensure we are not just consulted but are represented in vital decisions, including but not limited to wages, salaries, working conditions and major systems changes. We declare our intention to unionize with SAG-AFTRA, a union with a strong history representing content creators in public media organizations.”"