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iHeartMedia Workers Vote to Ratify First Union Contract

The 100-member bargaining unit began negotiating with management after the union was voluntarily recognized in 2022.

More than two years after negotiations began, iHeartMedia workers represented by the Writers Guild of America East have ratified their first labor contract. The road to the deal has been bumpy, with the union accusing management of offering “insultingly low salary and benefits proposals” over the course of a long bargaining period, taking the company to task on X (formerly Twitter) with various claims and filing an unfair labor practices charge in April that alleged intimidation and attempts to interfere with staffers’ rights to discuss their working conditions. In late May, the union suggested it might initiate an unfair labor practice strike if an agreement was not reached in a timely manner.

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