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WATCH "THE REAL QUEENS OF HIP-HOP: THE WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE GAME" FREE - NO SIGN-IN NEEDED!Īhead of the highly anticipated series premiere of ABC's primetime drama " Queens," " The Real Queens of Hip-Hop" chronicles the origins of hip-hop as it grew from urban culture in the '70s and '80s, and eventually exploded into the pop mainstream as a globally recognized musical genre and cultural phenomenon. EDT), on ABC and can now be viewed on demand and on Hulu. "The Real Queens of Hip-Hop: The Women Who Changed the Game – An ABC News Special" aired Monday, Oct. The program also includes a rare intergenerational conversation hosted by radio personality and rapper Angie Martinez with Lakeyah, Lil Mama and Roxanne Shanté who discuss their shared experiences on breaking into a male-dominated industry, the industry placing body and beauty pressure on women in the spotlight and how the internet and social media have changed the rap game. These groundbreaking artists open up about their biggest career moments and share a behind-the-scenes look into their personal stories. This one-hour program features new interviews from today's chart-toppers like City Girls, along with pioneers of the '70s like "mother of the mic" MC Sha-Rock and stars of the '80s, '90s and '00s including Da Brat, Eve, Trina and Yo-Yo. Featuring an all-female interview lineup, Salt of Salt-N-Pepa narrates the special, along with original spoken word performances by the legendary MC Lyte and an original score by WondaGurl. Ratification ballots are being prepared and will be mailed in the near future.įull copies of the tentative agreement will be posted on Local and Sector websites in the coming days.ABC News announced the special " The Real Queens of Hip-Hop: The Women Who Changed the Game," which takes an intimate look at the evolution and impact of women emcees and rappers, told by the trailblazing artists who helped create a musical and cultural empire. NABET-CWA Locals 16 (New York), 31 (Washington, DC), 41 (Chicago), and 51 (San Francisco and Los Angeles) will be conducting membership meetings and providing further information on this contract offer in the coming weeks. The tentative agreement also provides for new offers of staff employment for no fewer than 35 full-time positions, with some staff hires in each office of the Company. Additionally, staff employees and daily hire employees who have 401(k) retirement accounts will benefit from an increase in the Company contribution from the current 4% to 5%. Improvements for full-time staff employees include: a significant increase in the accrual rate (the retroactive “pop-up”) for current participants in the ABC-NABET pension plan. Other improvements for daily hires include a uniform paid sick leave provision, as well as increases and enhancements in the daily payment in lieu of benefits (PILOB). 3.25% - third year (effective April 1, 2024)įor the first time, daily hire employees assigned to a “travel-only” day will receive hourly pay (with a minimum of eight hours of pay), replacing the current travel-only flat rate stipend.3.25% - second year (effective April 1, 2023).3.25% - upon ratification and retroactive to April 1, 2022.The parties negotiated across-the-board wage increases - totaling 9.75% over the next three years – as follows: When ratified, the new contract will cover more than 3,000 daily hire and staff employees working as studio and field broadcast technicians, newswriters, producers, desk assistants, publicists, and other personnel at ABC Network news, sports and entertainment divisions as well as Owned Television Station operations in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. This overall tentative agreement is the result of more than seven months of bargaining, which began in September 2021.
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The full terms of the current Master Agreement have been extended by mutual agreement of the parties through June 30, 2022.Ĭomplete details of the new contract offer will be made available in the coming days. NABET-CWA/ABC-DISNEY WASHINGTON, DC BULLETIN #16 - MAY 16, 2022Ī tentative agreement has been reached with ABC-Disney on a new contract to replace the Master Agreement which was set to expire on March 31, 2021.