--- title: "CBS News Digital’s WGA East Union Members Reach Deal on Three-Year Contract, One Week Before Skydance Is Set to Take Over" description: "Writers Guild of America East members at CBS News Digital have reached a deal on their first collective-bargaining agreement after over a year of negotiations. The three-year contract, ratified by the" type: "news" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/250826860.md" published_at: "2025-07-30T15:24:30.000Z" --- # CBS News Digital’s WGA East Union Members Reach Deal on Three-Year Contract, One Week Before Skydance Is Set to Take Over > Writers Guild of America East members at CBS News Digital have reached a deal on their first collective-bargaining agreement after over a year of negotiations. The three-year contract, ratified by the 46-member bargaining unit, includes minimum salaries, guaranteed pay raises, severance pay for layoffs due to AI, and extra pay for overnight shifts. The contract also codifies remote-work policies until December 31, 2027, and establishes protections against job loss due to generative AI. This agreement comes just before Skydance Media's acquisition of CBS's parent company, Paramount Global, on August 7. Writers Guild of America East members at CBS News Digital reached a deal with management on their first collective-bargaining agreement, coming after more than a year of negotiations. The pact comes just over a week before Skydance Media is set to officially close its deal to acquire CBS parent company Paramount Global on Aug. 7. The new three-year contract establishes minimum salaries and guaranteed pay raises for all job titles for CBS News Digital’s union employees. The contract also addresses severance pay in the event of job cuts due to AI rollouts and the issue of worker safety on late-night/early-morning commutes by guaranteeing extra pay for working overnight shifts, long days and weeks and standby shifts, WGA East said Wednesday in announcing the deal. The contract was unanimously ratified by the 46-member bargaining unit. The WGA East’s CBS News Digital union covers writers, reporters, editors and producers at CBS News’ digital platforms including cbsnews.com, its mobile website, social media channels and the CBS News app. WGA East also reps staffers at CBS News and CBS 24/7 (formerly CBSN). Highlights from the CBS News Digital contract include: Either a 3% increase or a ratification bonus in year 1 of the contract; a guaranteed minimum 3.5% pay increase in year 2 and a 3% pay increase in year 3 of the contract; guaranteed minimum severance for layoffs (two weeks pay for every year of service with a minimum of eight weeks); and a path for promotion to senior reporter. The new contract also codifies existing remote-work policies for current employees through Dec. 31, 2027, including guaranteeing employees working on a hybrid basis will not be required to work more than two days in-office; extra pay for working for short turnaround times, standby assignments and upgraded work; the option to be paid out for earned comp time; and employment protections regarding generative AI, including 1.5 times severance if union members are laid off because of its implementation. “After organizing in 2024 with the goal of securing critical workplace protections, we’re proud to have won a strong first contract for our members at CBS News Digital,” Beth Godvik, WGA East VP of broadcast/cable/streaming news, said in a statement. “Establishing protections like guaranteed raises and pay that actually matches the job duties being performed will allow our members to build sustainable careers in News.” WGA East, affiliated with the AFL-CIO, represents more than 7,500 members working in film, TV, news, podcasts and online media. In WGA East’s broadcast/cable/streaming news sector, the union also reps workers at ABC News, Audacy (WCBS-AM, WBBM-AM and KNX-AM), 1010 WINS, Fox 5 WNYW-TV, MSNBC, NBC Promo Writers, Thirteen Productions (Thirteen/WNET) and WBBM/CBS 2 News. ### Related Stocks - [PARAA.US - Paramount Global](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/PARAA.US.md) - [PARA.US - Paramount Global](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/PARA.US.md) ## Related News & Research | Title | Description | URL | |-------|-------------|-----| | 派拉蒙仍不死心，改进敌意收购方案，承诺替华纳付 28 亿分手费 | 派拉蒙改进对华纳兄弟的敌意收购方案，承诺承担 28 亿美元 Netflix 终止费、15 亿美元债务再融资担保，并设置每股 25 美分季度” 滞期费”。但每股 30 美元的基础报价未变，分析师认为除非提价至 32 美元以上，否则难以打动华纳 | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/275512429.md) | | 派拉蒙是如何将其对华纳兄弟失败的收购从悬崖边缘挽救回来的 | 华纳兄弟给派拉蒙提供了七天的时间窗口，以便其提出最终报价，此前派拉蒙表示将其出价提高至每股 31 美元。这是在派拉蒙长期努力说服华纳兄弟股东拒绝与奈飞达成交易之后发生的。尽管重新开始谈判，华纳兄弟仍然推荐奈飞的报价，后者的估值为每股 27. | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/276132534.md) | | 华纳兄弟正在考虑来自派拉蒙环球的新收购提议 | 华纳兄弟探索公司的董事会正在考虑与派拉蒙斯凯丹进行收购谈判，此前派拉蒙修改了其敌意收购要约。派拉蒙的提议包括每股 30 美元的现金和因监管延迟而产生的额外费用，总计每季度 6.5 亿美元。如果华纳兄弟的交易被终止，派拉蒙还将承担对 Netf | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/276078397.md) | | 派拉蒙 Skydance 称华纳兄弟将为公司提供 7 天的 “豁免” 以进行谈判 | 2 月 17 日（路透社）- 派拉蒙天际公司：派拉蒙天际公司确认来自华纳兄弟发现（WBD）的公告，表示与 Netflix 合作，决定给予派拉蒙 7 天的 “豁免” 以进行谈判。派拉蒙天际公司：WBD 董事会还决定于 3 月 20 日召开特别 | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/276162048.md) | | Principal Financial Group Inc. 购入了 336,291 股 Paramount Skydance Corporation $PSKY 的股票 | Principal Financial Group Inc. 在第三季度收购了 336,291 股派拉蒙环球（Paramount Skydance Corporation，NASDAQ: PSKY），价值约为 636 万美元，具体信息见其最 | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/276002791.md) | --- > **Disclaimer**: This article is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice.