The Vox Media Magazine union and management reached a tentative three-year agreement addressing concerns over wages, AI usage, and healthcare. The deal, pending ratification by union members, includes wage increases, protections against AI-driven layoffs, and transparency around AI editorial use. The agreement also resolves disputes over healthcare changes that the union previously challenged.
The three-year provisional deal, which is still subject to a ratification vote by union members, creates guardrails around the publication’s use of AI tools and addresses inflation concerns with wage increases. While the general agreement was reached on Friday, final details were hammered out on the contract over the weekend, a NewsGuild of New York representative toldmagazine members bring to Vox Media,” features writer and union unit chair Bridget Read said in a statement.
The new contract boosts all wage floors by nine to 10 percent and offers a general wage increase of 4.25 to 4.75 percent, depending on the position, upon ratification. That wage boost is retroactive to April 2024 and will be supplemented with a $1,500 ratification bonus if members greenlight the contract. In 2025 and 2026, members’ wages will increase by 3.25 and 2.75 percent, respectively.with OpenAI last May, the union narrowed in on securing related AI contract language for members.
The labor group additionally sought to remedy changes made to staffers’ healthcare options that the union claimed were unlawful. In October, the labor group filed anwith the National Labor Relations Board over modifications that management made to employees’ plans “that dramatically increased out-of-pocket costs for union members ” without negotiating with the union. That charge has been dropped as a result of the contract’s negotiations, which touched on healthcare issues.
“On the same day we reached an agreement, our members finished putting together the closing touches on another juicy cover story about just how many people in New York live off of their parents,” features writer and union vice chair Reeves Wiedeman said in a statement. “We’re proud to reach a deal that helps create a workplace where the most talented people, no matter their circumstances, are able to build careers atDanielle Directo-Meston.
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