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Here’s the First Union Contract for SB Nation Writers
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We wrote a story about two months ago titled, “SB Nation Writers are Tweeting Their CEO, Asking for a Fair Labor Contract,” and maybe you recall folks from Bleeding Green and other local sites pushing for a deal with a concerted social media effort.
They now have that deal, which was agreed upon in June after a 29-hour bargaining session, but today the entire thing was posted online if you want to read it. They bargained for a $56,000 salary minimum, health insurance for part timers, paid parental leave, plus COBRA and severance and a bunch of other stuff.
Here’s the new six-tier wage scale written out at the end of the document, after the jump:
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Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com