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WGA East Ratifies First Union Contract With ‘Pod Save America’ Producer Crooked Media
Writers Guild of America East members have unanimously ratified their first union contract at "Pod Save America" producer Crooked Media.
The 61-member Crooked Media bargaining team achieved a three-year agreement that includes an immediate 15% increase to base salary, just cause and successorship, protections against generative Artificial Intelligence and improvements to healthcare and other benefits, per the union. On Aug. 9, Crooked Media and WGA East reached an agreement after more than a year of negotiations, and the writers guild withdrew allegations that the company had taken “union-busting” actions. WGA East president Lisa Takeuchi Cullen added: “Our members at Crooked Media won a contract that will set a benchmark for all workers in the podcast industry.
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