Katie Kilkenny at The Hollywood Reporter reports the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) is backing another Union Organizing drive targeting a Non-Fiction Production Company. The Union has partnered with workers at the Stamford, Connecticut-based Lucky 8 in an effort to Unionize the company. The WGAE claims an “overwhelming majority” of Workers have signed Union Cards. WGAE has asked Lucky 8 management for voluntary recognition. The Workers said they have a “shared vision for a brighter future” at Lucky 8 and for Non-Fiction Producers at large. The group aims to bargain over wages, working conditions, benefits, job security concerns, community and professional development opportunities. With productions that have aired on Investigation Discovery, MTV and Discovery+, Lucky 8 has most recently worked on Netflix’s Unlocked: A Jail Experiment (2024) and National Geographic’s Extraordinary Birder With Christian Cooper (2023).  The company is also involved in the established series 60 Days In on A&E Network and The History Channel’s The Food That Built America.

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