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The agreement provides minimum salaries, sets restrictions on the use of outside contractors in bargaining unit positions and provides a minimum 2 percent annual raise for covered employees.
The Ringer and Gimlet Media unions have both ratified collective bargaining agreements with owner Spotify, the Writers Guild of America East announced Tuesday.
The three-year agreements covering writers and producers were unanimously ratified by Gimlet Media s 48 bargaining unit members and The Ringer s 65 bargaining unit members, per the WGA East. The agreement provides a $57,000 minimum salary at The Ringer (plus overtime) and a $73,000 minimum salary for associate producers at Gimlet Media, sets restrictions on the use of outside contractors in bargaining unit positions and provides a minimum 2 percent annual raise for covered employees.