RadicalMedia Unionizes with the Writers Guild of America East

Workers in RadicalMedia's nonfiction "Entertainment" group has unionized with the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) for the purpose of collective bargaining. An overwhelming majority of RadicalMedia’s 65-member bargaining unit signed union cards and called on management to voluntarily recognize the union.

RadicalMedia is the production company behind popular nonfiction titles like Summer of Soul, What Happened, Miss Simone?, Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero, Hamilton – The Broadway Film, Conversations with a Killer, and Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich. The unionization of Radical Media comes right on the heels of workers at A+E Factual Studios organizing with the WGAE.

"We see our decision to unionize as an affirmative step toward strengthening our existing relationship with members of management in cooperative and mutually beneficial ways," the Union wrote in a "Why we're organizing" letter. "It is also an opportunity for us to work together more effectively, ensuring a prosperous future for our team and RadicalMedia as a whole. We strongly believe in the messages at the heart of the stories we tell – of triumphs in the face of adversity and oppression – and we want RadicalMedia to be a place that allows us to flourish, so we can maximize the impact of this important work."

“Management at RadicalMedia must respect their workers and recognize their union without delay or interference,” said Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, President of the Writers Guild of America East. “Nonfiction television and film workers deserve contracts worthy of their hard work and the enormous value they bring to their sector of the entertainment industry.” Read more here.