Crooked Media production staff is unionized with the Writers Guild of America East.
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What A DayOct 22, 2026
Sources from 2024 to 2025 show Crooked Media's production staff unionized with the Writers Guild of America East: a first contract was ratified in August 2024, and the company reportedly voluntarily recognized the union, with a dispute over only five roles excluded from the bargaining unit.
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… Our team includes Haley Jones, Greg Walters, Met Berg, Adam Lipperk, Johanna Case, and Desmond Taylor. Our music is by Kyle Murdoch and Jordan Cantor. We had help today from the Associated Press. Our production staff is proudly unionized with the Writers Guild of America East. Hey, everyone, my name is Elijah Cohn, and I've been a producer here at Crooked Media for a decade. I love making our shows with the smart, creative people who work here and hearing from all of you who listen every week, but the thing that I'm proudest of is …
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Supports. The WGA East Crooked Media Workers Union page says Crooked Media workers, including producers, editors, and engineers, ratified a first collective bargaining agreement in August 2024.[1]
Supports. TheWrap's report on the 2025 unfair labor practice charge says Crooked Media staff sought to join WGA East and that the company said it had already voluntarily recognized the union.[2]
Supports. A Crooked Media episode page from December 2025 repeats the statement that the production staff is unionized with WGA East, which matches the claimant's wording.[3]
Context. The union's dispute with the company centered on whether five roles belonged in the bargaining unit, a detail that does not change the core claim that production staff are unionized with WGA East.[2]
Sources
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- 1Crooked Media Workers Union - Writers Guild of America Eastwgaeast.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 2'Pod Save America' Producer Crooked Media Faces Internal Conflict as Employees Look to Unionize | Reportthewrap.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 3Quantifying Happiness In 2026 | Crooked Mediacrooked.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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