▁announced ▁that ▁it ▁had ▁entered ▁into ▁an ▁agreement ▁with ▁Z om ba . ▁ ▁Effect ive ▁ 1 ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁the ▁labor ▁union ▁covered ▁all ▁artists ▁on ▁any ▁Z om ba ▁subs idi ary ▁labels ▁( and ▁any ▁future ▁labels ) ▁under ▁the ▁Federation ' s ▁Sound ▁Rec ording ▁Labor ▁Ag re ement . ▁ ▁The ▁deal ▁ens ured ▁that ▁all ▁artists ▁under ▁the ▁Z om ba ▁a eg is ▁would ▁receive , ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time , ▁a ▁full ▁range ▁of ▁benefits ▁and ▁prote ctions , ▁among ▁which ▁are ▁scale ▁pay ments , ▁industry ▁standard ▁working ▁conditions ▁and ▁p ension ▁contributions . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Z om ba ▁formed ▁Z om ba ▁G ospel ▁under ▁the ▁Z om ba ▁Label ▁Group ▁in ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁coll ate ▁its ▁recently ▁expand ing ▁g ospel ▁labels . ▁Z om ba ' s ▁interest ▁in ▁g ospel ▁began ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁a ▁distribution ▁deal ▁with ▁G os po Cent ric ▁Records ▁( and ▁sub label ▁B ' R ite ▁Music ) ▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁which ▁Z om ba ▁later ▁purchased ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁ ▁Ver ity ▁Records ▁president ▁Max ▁Sie gel ▁was ▁charged ▁with ▁heading ▁the ▁new ▁entity ▁which ▁included ▁Z om ba ▁labels ▁Ver ity ▁and ▁G os po Cent ric , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁four ▁artist ▁owned ▁im print s : ▁Qu iet ▁Water ▁Entertainment ▁( Donald ▁Lawrence ), ▁Fo ▁Y o ▁Soul