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Pushkin Industries Workers Ratify First Union Contract With Podcast Company
The 12-member bargaining unit at Pushkin Industries has ratified its first union contract with the podcast company
“We’re proud of this contract, and we think it reflects the strength of the community we’ve built at Pushkin and is an essential part of the movement to build better standards across the industry,” the bargaining unit said in a statement Friday. The company produces podcasts like Revisionist History, Deep Cover, Broken Record, Against the Rules with Michael Lewis, and Where’s Dia? Guaranteed IP negotiation for shows where unit members write, research and host their own ideas Artificial intelligence protections, including allowing workers to decline their byline for content or altered by AI or created AI and the Company cannot use a worker’s voice or likeness to create content without consent Enshrining Quiet Weeks in August and December 16 weeks fully paid parental leave A minimum 12 weeks of severance, plus laptop Protections for remote and hybrid employees Reports on Company’s diversity, equity and inclusion work Just Cause
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