Local Television Clause Samples

Local Television. Seniority will accrue only on the list an employee is placed on. It is understood that employees with such "separate seniority" will not be transferred from one shop to another against their will. SIDELETTER 3‌ (Nonexclusive Technical Duties) Inability of an Employee on staff as of March 1, 1981 to perform technical duties after a good faith effort to do so shall not be a basis for discipline of such Employee. The Company will not assign technical duties to the staff, where the performance of such duties is within the exclusive jurisdiction of another union. (Consecutive Days Off) The addition of language in the 1987 negotiations to this Supplement concerning consecutive days off shall not affect any practices existing under this Supplement that facilitate scheduling changes into and out of Saturdays and Sundays as days off. SIDELETTER 5‌ (Producers) During the negotiations for the successor to the 2002-2005 WGA-CBS Staff Agreement and Supplements, the parties discussed at great length the duties, skills and abilities necessary to being an effective producer. The company argued that only management personnel could be effective while the WGA argued that employees in its unit could perform these duties as well as management could. The parties did agree that producers serve a leadership and oversight role for others assigned to the program or segment that is critical to the quality and success of the broadcasts. The parties further agree to the following. WGA covered Newswriters and Editors may be assigned by the Company, on a non-exclusive basis, to perform all duties necessary to function as producers, including show producers. Those producer duties include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following: (a) Directing the work of other employees, including bargaining unit personnel. (b) Work with management as directed in order to plan and execute assignments. (c) Attempt to resolve performance problems with other employees, including bargaining unit employees working under the producer’s direction. If such attempts are unsuccessful, the performance problems must be reported to management promptly. (d) Testify or otherwise speak in support of disciplinary actions taken as a result of the performance problems described in (c), above. The parties agree that the ability of producers to perform the functions described above is essential to the success of their position, and the failure of any producer to perform these functions in a satisfactory manner will s...