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Members of Washington-Baltimore News Guild, TNG-CWA Local 32035, who work at Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) have successfully ratified their first collective bargaining agreement.
After more than a year and a half of negotiations and a one-day walkout in March, AAJCollective has reached its inaugural contract, which includes major wins, such as a higher salary floor, a transparent wage step scale, preservation of remote work, expanded paid parental leave, a prohibition on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement entering AAJC workspaces and more.
“This contract is proof of what workers can achieve when we stand together,” said the AAJCollective bargaining committee. “Civil rights organizations must model the values they preach. We are proud to have won an agreement that protects our workers and strengthens the mission we all came here to serve.”