Our Favorite Holiday!
/On behalf of the officers and staff of the Independent Association of Publishers' Employees, best wishes to you, our IAPE-represented employees, and your families, pets, friends, neighbors, and acquaintances, for a safe and happy Labor Day weekend. The Union office will be closed on Monday for the holiday—our favorite one of the year!—but will reopen as usual on Tuesday, Sept. 2.
For those of you required to work on Monday, the collective agreement between IAPE and Dow Jones provides you with the right to file for time-and-one-half (1.5X pay) for all regular hours worked on the holiday and double-time (2X pay) for any extra hours worked.
If Monday is typically a day off for you—that is, if you usually have a four-day workweek, or perhaps a Tuesday-through-Saturday schedule—and you have been assigned Labor Day coverage anyway, you are entitled to double-time for all hours worked on Labor Day.
The contract also gives IAPE-represented employees the right to choose a day’s pay or an additional day off for work performed on all holidays after July 3 in any calendar year. If you are assigned a shift on Monday and you want extra pay instead of a day off in lieu of the holiday, please inform your manager.
You may file for your Holiday Pay through Workday. If you have any questions about pay for working on a holiday or receiving your extra day’s pay or day off (again, your choice), please contact the IAPE office.
Happy Labor Day!
We Love a Parade!
Labor Day is a time to pay tribute to the history and contributions of the labor movement, with parades, picnics and rallies held across the country. If you attend a Labor Day celebration in your neighborhood, we would love to see your photos! Send them along to union@iape1096.org, and we will feature them on IAPE social media platforms.
For members in the New York area, watch this space next week for an invitation to join IAPE members—and our NewsGuild and CWA siblings—at the NYC Labor Day Parade, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 6. We hope to see you there!