Writers Guild of America East members at Hearst Magazines have reached an settlement with administration to ratify a second three-year collective bargaining settlement.
The brand new contract was ratified with 98% approval by the 410-member bargaining unit and establishes 2-3% raises, making use of retroactively to Jan. 1, 2026. The contract can even enhance wage minimums within the lowest tier by 11.8% to $62,400 in each location the place the journal operates.
“We made many vital good points — higher raises, increased wage flooring and an improved 401k match — for members of our unit with this contract,” the Hearst Journal Union bargaining committee stated in a Monday assertion. “We additionally know there may be nonetheless an excessive amount of work to be performed to make Hearst Magazines a spot we are able to all be pleased with. We hope this ratification sends a transparent message to administration that we’re solely getting stronger and extra cohesive as time goes on, and that we’ll at all times combat for a extra equitable office.”
The corporate noticed a half-day walkout and strike earlier this month after negotiations with administration failed to provide a second collective bargaining settlement. Workers at Hearst publications throughout Manhattan, Los Angeles, Ann Arbor, Birmingham and Easton, Pennsylvania, all agreed to discount previous the contract’s Jan. 31 expiration date.
The tentative settlement was reached with administration on Friday, Feb. 13.
“Hearst administration persistently underestimated the solidarity of the Hearst Magazines Union,” Sara David, VP of the WGAE’s on-line media sector, stated. “Whereas this contract is a step ahead, our members are clear-eyed that there’s nonetheless extra to combat for: significant AI protections, versatile distant work insurance policies, and wages that replicate their contributions to the $13.5 billion in income Hearst boasted final 12 months. We’re pleased with this membership, and Hearst ought to perceive that this ratification just isn’t complacency — it’s a place to begin for the following negotiations.”
The Hearst Magazines Union contains publications Autoweek, Greatest Merchandise, Bicycling, Automobile and Driver, Cosmopolitan, Nation Residing, Delish, ELLE, ELLE Decor, Esquire, Meals Community Journal, Good Housekeeping, Harper’s Bazaar, HGTV Journal, HOT ROD, Home Lovely, Males’s Well being, MotorTrend, Oprah Every day, The Pioneer Lady, Standard Mechanics, Prevention, Highway & Monitor, Runner’s World, Seventeen, City & Nation, Veranda, Lady’s Day and Ladies’s Well being.