WHDH has finally reached a new contract with their union. AFTRA, which represents about thirty on-air personalities for the station, ratified a new three-year contract with the station last Wednesday.
According to TVSpy, the three-year deal eliminates fees paid to talent for each on-air appearance. This ends the long-serving practice of staffers keeping meticulous notes on their appearances. In exchange, staffers will receive a two percent increase in their base pay.
Tom Higgins, president of the Boston chapter of AFTRA, remarked that it was a “very difficult and protracted negotiation, particularly over the issue of fees.”
The issue of age discrimination was not settled with this new contract, however. The hot-button issue will continue to be a thorn in Sunbeam’s side, after multiple lawsuits from former staffers in both Boston and Miami
The most notable part of that contract was the absolutely brutal mandate for drastic pay cuts for some of their youngest and most talented employees. If it is going to be “sweat shop”, then employees should at least be paid for the amount of additional work that are sometimes required to do. It’s a pretty sad situation.
and, I would add, that Randy Price never brought up the issue of age discrimination in a legal way(and should be thanking 7 management for his ending up at 5!), but the owner of the company did in fact tell the Boston Globe that Randy had decided to “retire”, which was the actual story that was carried on channel 7. “Randy Retires” was of course the title on the graphic. Randy of course did point out in numerous media appearances that that was in fact not the case, that the company had made that up. The company has a track record for doing such, despite the fact that they do indeed have “senior” employees on the air.
Where has Kim Khazei and Christa Delcamp been? They have not been on all week.
Most likely they’re on vacation for the week.
Thanks Admin