0397.json

{
    "id": 415,
    "date": "2021/04/07",
    "sources": [
        "https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/7/22327090/gimlet-media-union-spotify-contract-agreement",
        "https://www.wgaeast.org/gimlet-media-and-the-ringer-ratify-first-podcast-contracts-at-spotify/",
        "https://www.wgaeast.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/04/Gimlet-Media-WGA-CBA-FINAL-DRAFT-March-23-2021-1.pdf",
        "https://www.wgaeast.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/03/Ringer-LLC-WGAE-CBA-FINAL.pdf"
    ],
    "actions": [
        "union contract"
    ],
    "struggles": [
        "pay and benefits",
        "discrimination",
        "working conditions",
        "unfair labor practices",
        "job security"
    ],
    "employment_types": [
        "white collar workers",
        "inhouse workers"
    ],
    "description": "Spotify and two unions, the Ringer Union and the Gimlet Union, agreed on a 3-year union contract, the first in the tech industry. The contract sets salary minimums, annual salary increases, terms for severance pay, and diversity hiring guarantees but does not clarify terms around intellectual property. ",
    "online": null,
    "locations": [
        "usa"
    ],
    "companies": [
        "spotify",
        "gimlet media",
        "the ringer"
    ],
    "workers": null,
    "tags": [
        "coworker_solidarity"
    ],
    "author": [
        "hyatt d."
    ],
    "latlngs": [
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        ],
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            -89.3881431
        ]
    ],
    "addresses": [
        "Spotify, Mateo Street, Arts District, Downtown, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CAL Fire Southern Region, California, 90021, United States",
        "Ringer Lane, Halls, Lauderdale County, West Tennessee, Tennessee, 38040, United States"
    ]
}