News Assistants Sample Clauses

News Assistants. 1. This Agreement applies to and is limited in its application to News Assistants employed by the Company in the News Department at Television Station WNYW-TV, located at 000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx (“News Assistants”) in accordance with the National Labor Relations Board Certification of Representation in case number 2-RC-17196. (News Assistants previously had the titles of Desk Assistants and Production Assistants employed in said News Department.) Excluded from the application hereof are office clerical employees, professional employees, guards, watchmen, all other employees, and supervisors as defined in the National Labor Relations Act. 2. The duties of News Assistants shall include: the supplying of material from the wire services and other sources; the monitoring and tending of teletype and copying machines in connection with news or news programs or material; the tending of telephones within the news operating areas; the handling, distributing and filing of scripts and other material; the performance of research functions and responsibilities; the editing of news material in accordance with past practice; the supplying and handling of graphic arts and other materials in connection with news or news program or material; the operation of technical equipment without limitation for any and all purposes in connection with news or news programs or material; the performance of general clerical duties for the news operation and similar related duties; and other duties performed by such Employees in the past. All of said duties shall be performed under the direct or indirect supervision of a News Editor, Newswriter, Producer, Associate Producer, Reporter, Newsman, Managing Editor, News Director, Assistant News Director, or other appropriate person(s) in accordance with Company operating procedures. Nothing herein shall preclude persons other than News Assistants from performing any of the foregoing duties. In accordance with past practice, the Station may also assign News Assistants and/or other persons to coordinate operations for the recording and/or editing of news material, and to make news judgments with respect thereto. News Assistants may be assigned by the Company to perform duties, as described in Section I(B)(2) above, in connection with cable television broadcasting. Nothing herein shall restrict the Company’s right, as set forth in said Section I(B)(2), to assign persons other than News Assistants to any of such duties. No additiona...
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News Assistants. Earned vacations are to be allowed when requested by News Assistants, subject to the operating necessities of the Company. Where a conflict arises between or among News Assistants as to the selection of their vacations, seniority of service shall prevail provided experience and qualifications are equal as determined in the sole discretion of the Company and also provided such vacation is requested before March 31st of the calendar year. Vacations requested on or after April 1st of the calendar year shall be considered on a first come, first served basis. Vacations may not be carried over from year to year without prior written approval of the Company provided that New Assistants have been afforded the opportunity to take all earned vacation during the year. No vacation may be scheduled during the February, May, and November sweeps periods without prior written approval from the Company. In the event that a News Assistant and the Company are unable to mutually agree on a vacation schedule, the Company may schedule the News Assistant’s vacation. If the Company does so, the WGAE may become involved in resolution of the situation if the News Assistant so desires.
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News Assistants. If WGAE deems that a discharge under Sections C(1)(a) or C(1)(c) is not justified, it may demand arbitration thereof, provided that such demand for arbitration is made within ten (10) days after a discharge under Section C(1)(a) or within thirty (30) days after a discharge under Section C(1)(c). The Company’s statement that a discharge was without cause shall be conclusive and binding upon both WGAE and the News Assistant, and such discharge shall not be arbitrable or the subject of any other claim, remedy or proceeding against the Company. To be discharged without cause, a News Assistant must have a prior written warning that he or she is not performing his or her job in an adequate, competent manner with quality performance as expected of other News Assistants, and such written warning must not be older than two (2) years prior to the date of discharge. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, a News Assistant having less than ninety (90) days of continuous service (probationary period) as such hereunder may be discharged at any time, with or without cause, and such discharge shall not be arbitrable or the subject of any other claim, remedy or proceeding against the Company. Severance pay shall not be applicable. The Company shall give WGAE at least fourteen (14) days’ notice prior to the effective date of any discharge under Section C(1)(b) or C(1)(c), except as set forth below. No prior notice shall be required in the event of a discharge under Section C(1)(a) or with regard to the discharge for any reason of a News Assistant having less than ninety (90) days of continuous service (probationary period) as such hereunder.
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News Assistants. A News Assistant who has been employed as such hereunder for at least six (6) months and who is laid off or discharged, other than under Section C(1)(a), shall receive severance pay as follows: (a) If laid off in inverse order of seniority, or if discharged (other than under Section C(1)(a), except as set forth in D(2)(b) below, at the rate of three and one-third (3- 1/3) hours’ pay for each month of continuous employment as a News Assistant hereunder up to a maximum of one hundred eighty (180) months of such continuous employment; or (b) If laid off out of seniority, or if discharged without cause in a case where the News Assistant concerned has one (1) year or more of continuous service as such hereunder, at the rate of six and two-thirds (6-2/3) hours’ pay for each month of continuous employment as a News Assistant hereunder up to a maximum of one hundred twenty (120) months of such continuous employment.
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News Assistants. 1. News Assistants shall be paid not less than the following weekly staff salaries: 4/1/2008 - 4/1/2009 - 4/1/2010 - 4/1/2011 - News Assistant 3/31/2009 3/31/2010 3/31/2011 3/31/2012 0-6 months $411.99 $424.35 $437.08 $450.19 7-12 months $466.57 $480.57 $494.98 $509.83 13-18 months $503.57 $518.67 $534.23 $550.26 19-24 months $551.07 $567.60 $584.63 $602.17 25-36 months $591.59 $609.34 $627.62 $646.45 37+ months $630.73 $649.65 $669.14 $689.22 4/1/2008 - 4/1/2009 - 4/1/2010 - 4/1/2011 - News Assistant Per Diem) 3/31/2009 3/31/2010 3/31/2011 3/31/2012 0-6 months $428.47 $445.57 $458.93 $472.70 7-12 months $485.23 $504.59 $519.73 $535.32 13-18 months $523.71 $544.61 $560.95 $577.77 19-24 months $573.11 $595.98 $613.86 $632.28 25-36 months $615.25 $639.81 $659.00 $678.77 37+ months $655.96 $682.14 $702.60 $723.68 Whenever reference is made in this Agreement to “regular hourly rate of pay”, or phrases of like import, the same shall be computed by dividing the News Assistant’s weekly salary by forty (40). (Incumbent Senior News Assistants are grandfathered and shall receive increases across the board based on their current individual rates. Said increases shall be the same percentages as negotiated for other employees.)
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