Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 205, published April 23, 2019.
Gimlet Media has officially recognized its union. The union’s organizing committee first signaled the development over Twitter on Friday. In a statement sent over to me, the committee said: “It’s been a very long road, but we’re officially a recognized union now! Twice now, our membership has affirmed that we want to organize with Writers Guild of America, East to win protections and build a stronger company. Gimlet is now legally bound to recognize us!”
Today on RiseUp… we reaffirmed our support for unionizing by voting Union Yes! We now have a recognized union ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽 ✊🏾✊🏿 Thank you so much to all of our listeners, #1u and @WGAEast siblings who supported us during our campaign – solidarity matters. #GiveMeAStrongGimlet pic.twitter.com/dGDxDxOQkQ
— Gimlet Union (@GimletUnion) April 20, 2019
Next up: the bargaining process, which, as I noted in <a…
