In an update to a story we’ve previously reported on, a majority of employees on the editorial team at Ocean State Media, Rhode Island’s joint NPR and PBS organization, voted to form a union with SAG-AFTRA on June 17th.
Jessica Maher, SAG-AFTRA’s executive director for the New England local, said “we won with more than 70% yes vote and we look forward to bargaining."
In a petition to Ocean State Media leadership delivered on May 4, a group of the organization’s hosts, reporters and producers said “at a time of unprecedented challenges for public media and journalism in general, we seek a more active role in decision-making about the organization and the future of our work.”
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