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IBEW Broadcast Technicians Approve New CBS Agreement

IBEW members covered by the CBS National Agreement voted to approve a new contract agreement effective May 1. The agreement covers approximately 3,500 technicians employed by CBS and represented by the IBEW. “Our bargaining committee did a masterful job dealing with very challenging issues,” said IBEW International President Lonnie Stephenson. “Bargaining covered everything from job […]

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Agreements with CBS, FOX Sports Deliver Good News for IBEW Broadcast Crews?

Update, March 26, 2020: Fox Sports has agreed to pay freelancers who were booked and confirmed on shows from March 14 through April 12. Broadcast and Telecommunications Department Director Robert Prunn told members in a letter this week that the network will pay straight time for booked workdays and make the associated benefit contributions. “We appreciate

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