NPR Crafts Three-Year Labor Deal With Workers’ Union

National Public Radio and the union representing its employees reached a tentative three-year labor deal early July 16.

The agreement, covering 435 employees at NPR, provides for salary increases, the union said without providing details on the raises. SAG-AFTRA said it “effectively repelled efforts to erode union protections” and also rejected a two-tiered salary system.

Employees originally set a deadline of July 14 at midnight to reach an agreement or they would walk. The two sides agreed to an extension, and the agreement was reached at 12:08 a.m. July 16, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists ...