Contract Satisfaction Survey: The Results

On Sept. 30, IAPE members received an email invitation to participate in a contract satisfaction survey. As we noted with that delivery, while IAPE members voted to approve our new, one-year contract by a 94% margin, we realize there is a difference between voting “yes” and actually being satisfied with an agreement.

201 members responded to our survey, with responses coming from all IAPE-represented business units, as well as all experience levels, from less than one year to over twenty years of service with Dow Jones.

Today, we invite you to see the results for yourselves.

We aren’t publishing any of the short answer comments because we did not ask for permission to print your individual responses. Overall, the additional information was enlightening. Members were pleased with IAPE communications, though some felt the union should have been more clear about when off-the-record bargaining sessions were held.

We also received a few complaints that the union failed to explain negotiated pay increases equal a pay cut for a majority of members, when factoring in rates of inflation. Others noted the company’s ability to modify in-office working plans, with advance notice to employees and the union, as falling short of member priorities.

The IAPE Board of Directors would like to thank those who took a few minutes to respond to our survey. Your feedback will be incredibly helpful to IAPE representatives as we prepare for 2023 contract negotiations.

If you missed the survey, but would still like to weigh in with your comments, please email us: union@iape1096.org.