Union Power: Collective Bargaining in Podcasting
Event Information
Description
Unions: What are they and why do they matter? In recent years, the sudden rise in unions among digital media enterprises had increased and while companies have gotten more sophisticated in delaying union campaigns the public discourse on unionization points to increasing support for workers.
Union Power: Collective Bargaining in Podcasting will examine the structures and processes necessary to organize unions, and look at the unique challenges and benefits of unionization in the podcasting space.
Moderator: Dane Cardiel, Director of Partnerships at Simplecast
Panelists:
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Molly Katchpole, Digital Media Organizer with Writers Guild of America, East
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Eric Eddings, Producer of For Colored Nerds and co-Host of Gimlet Media's The Nod and Mogul
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Afi Yellow-Duke, Production Assistant at StoryCorps and member of the StoryCorps Union, CWA 1180
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Gautam Srikishan, Freelance audio engineer and composer, producer on The Verge Extras: Better Worlds
Panel discussions will take place 599 11th Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10003. The event is free but space is limited.
Other panels in this series include:
About The Metropolitan New York Library Council
Located in New York City, the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) is a non-profit member services organization serving more than 260 libraries, archives, museums, and cultural heritage nonprofits in New York City and Westchester County. For over 50 years METRO has provided a range of programs and services to its members, including grants, consultative and digital services, collaborative initiatives, and professional development and training.
About Preserve This Podcast
Preserve This Podcast is a campaign to protect podcasts against the threats of digital decay. The Preserve This Podcast zine, podcast, and traveling workshops promote affordable, easy-to-implement archival techniques for digital audio preservation. It is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, hosted by the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) through January 2020.
Media Contact
Sarah Nguyen
Preserve This Podcast | METRO 599
snguyen@metro.org
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