Employees at Oregon Public Broadcasting and KMHD Jazz Radio have ratified their first union contract, establishing a $65,000 minimum annual salary for all jobs and annual raises of at least 3% for the duration of the three-year contract.
Journalists, on-air hosts, producers and other OPB and KMHD employees joined the SAG-AFTRA union two years ago but hadn’t finalized a contract until now. The agreement the union announced Wednesday covers nearly 90 workers.
SAG-AFTRA said members “unanimously” ratified the contract, but also described it as a “tentative agreement.” The union issued a corrected version of its announcement later Wednesday but didn’t resolve the discrepancy…