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Official account of iHeartMedia's podcast staff union with the Writers Guild of America, East. Contact us at iheartpodunion @gmail .com.

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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
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Our statement regarding @iheartmedia ’s decision to lay off 18 of our colleagues. We will not be the same without these wonderful and talented humans. Please watch this space for action items to support our comrades.
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
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📣BREAKING NEWS📣 After weeks of negotiations, we’re thrilled to announce that we’ve won union recognition! We’re excited to start bargaining for better wages & healthcare, accountability, and other long-standing issues for our colleagues and ourselves.✊❤️
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
3 years
🚨 It's now been more than *5 weeks* since we asked @iHeartMedia to recognize our union. Join us in calling on iHeart CEO Bob Pittman to recognize our union without further division or delay 🚨
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
1 year
📢CALL FOR SOLIDARITY: Last week, the iHeart Podcast Union emailed an open letter to all 11k employees @iHeartMedia  asking them to join us in calling on the company to provide better pay and benefits. Now, we’re asking the same of all of you! 🧵
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
4 months
We are excited to announce that we have ratified our first union contract with @iheartmedia ! This contract has immediately improved the lives of many of our members and we believe it will continue to improve our lives and working conditions. Contract highlights in the 🧵
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
5 months
Committee members have flown into Atlanta - we’re ready for two days of bargaining! 😎
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
3 years
Thanks to everyone for all of the support we've received since taking our campaign public! We believe that all workers deserve a union which is why we're calling on iHeart to recognize the #iHeartPodcastUnion without unnecessary division or delay. ✊✊✊
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
3 years
A unionized iHeart benefits everyone!
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
3 years
@WGAEast 1. Appropriate compensation and benefits. It has become clear that our staff is paid far below industry standard and we ask that our compensation match the products of our labor and rising living expenses.
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
3 years
We're unionizing to help protect and retain the talented and hardworking people that make your favorite shows ✊❤️
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
3 years
@WGAEast We love our work and the community we have created at iHeart. We strive to create an equitable workplace for every member of our team. To achieve this, our demands include but are not limited to:
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
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We prefer our podcasts union made ✊
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
3 years
@WGAEast If iHeart leadership voluntarily recognizes our union and works with us to meet our demands, we can ensure that iHeart’s growth remains sustainable and that we retain our position as an industry leader.
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
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And we’re back to bargain again today 🤗
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
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@WGAEast 3. Manageable workloads and appropriate staffing for shows.
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
5 months
📢GOOD MORNING ATLANTA 📢 FAIR CONTRACT NOW
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iHeart Podcast Union
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@WGAEast 4. Clear paths for advancement and standardized job descriptions. Many of our colleagues have not received promotions or raises after years of hard work though their skills have grown exponentially during their tenure at iHeart.
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iHeart Podcast Union
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@WGAEast 5. Job security and clarity on the status of contracts.
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iHeart Podcast Union
3 years
@WGAEast 2. Accountability mechanisms regarding diversity and inclusion efforts.
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
3 years
We've officially formed our Bargaining Committee and are preparing for the first round of negotiations at the end of May! Can't wait to make our organizing platform a reality.💪 #1u
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
1 year
As we prepare for our next round of bargaining sessions this week, we are asking that you sign our letter to @iHeartMedia executives asking them to do better for our union and the rest of the company. Read and sign the full petition here
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
3 years
Thanks to all our allies & supporters throughout this process. We owe our success to colleagues at other workplaces who are leading ongoing efforts, like @GimletUnion , @RingerUnion , and @ParcastUnion , and to the tireless folks at @WGAEast who’ve connected & guided us.
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
6 months
Radical Optimism is thinking iHeart CEO Bob Pittman would ever pay his podcast production team anything close to industry standard salaries without 2+ years of bargaining and counting
@iHeartRadio
iHeartRadio
6 months
Radical Optimism is thinking every event will have gummy sharks 🦈🩵 @DUALIPA
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
7 months
In another attempt to discourage our members from exerting their rights, we received an email today saying we are “not allowed to distribute, solicit, or circulate any written or printed materials in work areas during work times.” Per policy, our informational material is banned.
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🏳️‍⚧️❤️‍🔥Surly Rae Jepsen❤️‍🔥🏳️‍⚧️
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Making sure to keep spreading the word about our @iheartpodunion in Atlanta this morning!
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
2 years
iHeart Union was shocked and dismayed to learn of the layoffs that took place on Feb 21.
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
6 months
@skybleachshark @iHeartMedia Please do! We aren't currently on strike, so you're not crossing a picket line by tuning in. We love our work and appreciate your support <333
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
6 months
As we walk into bargaining today it’s May Day, the International Workers Day celebrated almost everywhere in the world but the US, where officially it’s instead called Loyalty Day. Why? American bosses still fear what it represents. 🧵
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
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us the past two days
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
3 years
A unionized iHeart means our hard work and dedication to doing what we love will be valued and rewarded in a meaningful way.
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iHeart Podcast Union
8 months
Management before meeting us at the bargaining table
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iHeart Podcast Union
7 months
Funny how a company that can afford to rent a yacht for celebrities every year “can’t afford” to raise our salary minimums!
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iHeart Podcast Union
7 months
From one set of creatives to another - congrats to all who’ve made it into #Cannes2024 ! This feels like a good time to remind everyone that @iHeartMedia rents a yacht to throw a party at Cannes every year. Last year the cops came to break it up
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
3 years
We’re glad to acknowledge that the company has engaged fairly and in good faith so far in the process.❤️ It’s a relief that it went this way, but we know this is incredibly rare, and not representative of what most workers face when forming a union.
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
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We’re the iHeart Podcast Union. We’ve been in bargaining for our first contract for two years, because we refuse to give up on the basic principles that make up our contract.
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
7 months
Yesterday someone from upper management asked us to put away these shirts because “this is a workplace, after all” It’s our contention, after all, that unions happen in workplaces !!
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iHeart Podcast Union
7 months
Exciting mail day in the Atlanta office ❣️
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iHeart Podcast Union
5 months
the iheart atlanta office has never (and will never again) hear the phrase “lock in” this much….
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
5 months
Taking a moment to say that we have worked so hard over these last two years. We’ve supported each other, we’ve weathered the ups and downs of this process and we’re ready to close. @iHeartMedia come to the table with fair proposals.
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
1 year
Once you’ve signed, please send a message of support on Twitter (or any other social media platform). You can view our full solidarity kit here, sample messages in this thread.
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
5 months
We’ve submitted proposals that will expire tomorrow night. Tik-tok @iHeartMedia , it’s time to come through.
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
3 years
We owe so much to @GimletUnion , @RingerUnion , @ParcastUnion , and other shops who have paved the way to organizing the podcast industry. We’re excited to follow in your footsteps and to see many more shops follow in ours!
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
3 years
We're proud to be behind the incredible growth story of the podcast industry that Wall Street heard about yesterday, and we look forward to long overdue negotiations to share in & shape that growth.
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
7 months
Management is now …. 56 minutes late from when they said they’d be ready
@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
7 months
Showing up and showing out for bargaining today!
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
6 months
"Fair contract for the union"
@TheWebbyAwards
The Webby Awards
6 months
If you won a #Webby Award, what would your 5-word speech be? The Webby 5-word speech is a great time to get creative! ✨ Tell us YOUR 5-word speech in the comments 👇 #Webbys #5WordSpeech
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
4 months
We stand with our friends over at Pineapple Street Union. In a completely unacceptable move @AudacyCorp is going backwards in bargaining. RT to tell them this is not okay
@pineapple_union
Pineapple Street Union
4 months
. @audacycorp keeps telling us they want to close the deal but in the middle of bargaining they suddenly took back our previously agreed upon severance proposal. Retweet to put the pressure on @WBJenna @jd_crowley @pineapplemedia @Audacy
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
5 months
Pressure is on @iHeartMedia 👀
@DEADLINE
Deadline
5 months
Writers At iHeartPodcast Network Look To Strike As Talks On First Contract Drag On More Than 2 Years After Unionizing
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
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How does one win Podcasting Company of the Year at @TheWebbyAwards ? Well, if you ask @iheartmedia @iheartradio its by critically underpaying the people that made this honor possible! Fair contract now.
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
11 months
Thanks to all of you we got to read our letter to management during bargaining yesterday with the statement that OVER ONE THOUSAND people had signed in solidarity ✊
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
6 months
We’re outside @TheWebbyAwards - come say hi and hear about what our union is fighting for! #webbyawards
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
1 year
Sample message three: As a proud @/iHeartPodcasts listener, I support the @iheartpodunion in their call to executives to provide fair pay and benefits.
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
5 months
Quick bananagram break
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
1 year
Sample message one: I’m joining the @iheartpodunion in calling on @/iHeartMedia executives to provide fair pay and benefits
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
3 years
What would union compensation mean for you?
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
4 months
We secured almost $500k of IMMEDIATE pay bumps for our unit
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
4 months
WE WON JUST CAUSE
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
4 months
For the first time since we have worked with the company, we will have yearly cost of living pay increases.
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
5 months
Past 9:30 in Atlanta and we’re still at it
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
7 months
Our members continue to fight the good fight 🫡
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🏳️‍⚧️❤️‍🔥Surly Rae Jepsen❤️‍🔥🏳️‍⚧️
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Making sure to keep spreading the word about our @iheartpodunion in Atlanta this morning!
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
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We won continued contributions to our 401ks, an improved bereavement policy and improved holiday pay. As we settle in to this contract and look to the future, we know benefits will be one of our top priorities again.
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
7 months
Nearly $1 million spent lobbying in Congress and they are offering us yearly increases that amount to around $40 a month….
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
5 months
Big ole union coffee order 🫡
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
1 year
Sample message two: I’m a member of [union] and demand that @/iHeartMedia executives provide fair pay and benefits for the members of the @iheartpodunion
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
5 months
Watch this space 🤭
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
3 months
HUGE congratulations to our union siblings @pineapple_union ! Job well done and hard fought
@pineapple_union
Pineapple Street Union
3 months
BIG NEWS! Pineapple Street Union is proud to announce that our unit has RATIFIED OUR FIRST CONTRACT with @WGAEast !
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
3 years
We're organizing because diversity & inclusion initiatives need real accountability:
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
7 months
Our podcasts are union made. Our recordings are union run. Our spirit is union strong ✊
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
7 months
As @iHeartMedia COO Rich Bressler visits the Atlanta office, members of our bargaining team are attempting to flyer the office and facing less than friendly energy from upper management
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
3 years
Workers across the US are facing a slew of illegal tactics attempting to prevent their organization as we speak! While we have the momentary spotlight for our big win today, we also want to share some of the realities other workers face, and what you can do to help: 🧵
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
7 months
It is incredibly disrespectful that @iHeartMedia management continues to come in late and continues to play around with our livelihoods.
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
7 months
Today, @iHeartMedia management will sit down with our union and will again offer us less than the bare minimum. Next week they’ll host the iHeart Music Awards, putting on an expensive dog and pony show for celebrities while their employees struggle to buy groceries.
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
4 months
We greatly improved the severance policy
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
5 months
Our committee is hard at work and will be hard at work until we get a fair contract.
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
3 years
Nobody should be forced to choose between their mental health and their career.
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
7 months
With bargaining coming up this Thursday we want to clear up some confusion about the contract we are fighting for - first up, overtime!
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
7 months
Showing up and showing out for bargaining today!
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
3 years
One of the most high-profile examples of illegal employer intimidation is the corporate response to the @SBWorkersUnited organizing campaign. It's now been 2 weeks+ since the #Memphis7 were fired for organizing their store.
@SBWorkersUnited
Starbucks Workers United
3 years
It's been 2 weeks & 1 day since the #Memphis7 were fired for organizing their store. These partners are going to win their jobs back, along with the right to organize for all Starbucks partners. These folks are the best of Starbucks. Union-busting is the worst. #WhichSideAreYouOn
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
2 years
TFW your company charters a 169 ft yacht in Cannes and the “head honchos” are “hobnobbing on the ship all week” but somehow they don’t… -pay their production staff fair wages -offer quality health benefits -extend rev share to producers
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
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Union drip or union drown, as they say 🫡 @UnionDrip
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
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iHeartMedia is being named Podcast Company of the Year tonight at the @TheWebbyAwards . The company paid ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS on lobbying in the fourth quarter of 2023, but won’t offer industry-standard salaries to our union. Fair contract now @iHeartPodcasts ! #Webbys
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
2 years
The iHeart Podcast Union has contacted iHeart management demanding to bargain this layoff. We are awaiting their response.
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
3 years
🚨 After 1.5 years of bargaining and $3 billion in revenue, @Spotify *still* hasn't agreed to a fair contract. Solidarity with @ParcastUnion demanding a fair contract now! 🚨 #1u
@ParcastUnion
Parcast Union
3 years
We're in our last scheduled week at the table with Spotify management today, and we presented a strike pledge from our unit that over 96% of Parcast Union members have signed.
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
3 years
We're also in the Hollywood Reporter this morning!
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
7 months
Hey @GreenDay we see you’re performing at the #iHeartAwards - they’re telling us they don’t have any money to pay fairly while throwing this big expensive party. Now everybody do the propaganda !
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
3 years
Congratulations to the workers at Amazon's Staten Island fulfillment center! They're the first Amazon warehouse to unionize with @amazonlabor – despite the company's attempts to stop them. It's a giant leap in the hard road to fair treatment. Solidarity!
@verge
The Verge
3 years
Amazon workers vote to unionize Staten Island warehouse
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iHeart Podcast Union
3 years
iHeart's DE&I efforts deserve more sunlight. Unionizing will bring accountability, transparency, and a framework for real change.
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iHeart Podcast Union
3 years
To support the #Memphis7 and other @SBWorkersUnited across the country, follow their campaign for more info and consider donating to their fundraiser if you have the means:
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
1 year
*Whew* it’s been a long time since we checked — who wants to hear what we’ve been up to ?? 👀
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
5 months
Day 2/2 - We spent most of this morning talking through unsatisfactory proposals. Time is ticking for @iHeartMedia mgmt to pull through.
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iHeart Podcast Union
7 months
In a shock to no one, we waited two hours for nonsense proposals.
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iHeart Podcast Union
6 months
This morning management came back with salaries $100-$400 higher than their last below industry standard proposals. Tonight @iHeartMedia will accept @TheWebbyAwards award for Best Podcasting Company #makeitmakesense
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
6 months
Want to support us as we sit across the table from management today? Tweet your support! 🧵 of a few different options:
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iHeart Podcast Union
3 years
At a Hershey's plant in VA, workers were forced to postpone their election due to the company’s illegal union busting. A @BCTGM organizer reported that the illegal firing of a pro-union employee sent a chill over the factory.
@MorePerfectUS
More Perfect Union
3 years
@BCTGM Hershey's hired a union busting firm and scared its workers with captive audience meetings, anti-union law signs and an anti-union website. Anti-union ads like these ones were reportedly playing at the factory around the clock:
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
6 months
Back from Labor Notes and ready to GET INTO IT. In case we haven’t said it recently, we WILL win a fair contract ❣️
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iHeart Podcast Union
7 months
What the company doesn’t seem to understand is that the more they mess around with us, the more fired up we get about our cause
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
2 years
Management has not been transparent about the elimination of these positions, and as of close of business Wednesday there has still been no acknowledgement to the whole team that layoffs even occurred.
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
2 years
We are strongly opposed to this layoff, which has affected both union and non-union employees at iHeartPodcasts, some of whom have worked with us for several years.
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iHeart Podcast Union
2 years
At no point have employees received communication from management suggesting that our financial situation was perilous enough for positions to be eliminated
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iHeart Podcast Union
7 months
@iHeartMedia can spend over $200,000 on Ted Cruz’s super PAC but won’t offer us a fair wage and better benefits. The podcasting unit is consistently the most profitable in the entire company. How can they justify their bad faith bargaining?
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@iheartpodunion
iHeart Podcast Union
7 months
Not only is our @iHeartMedia sponsored health plan horrible, it’s also expensive. Just ask our members: “Despite getting a $10,000 raise, while doing my taxes I realized i made $4,000 LESS this year after joining the iHeart health insurance plan”
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