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Recent News Items
- 11-21-08 Message from President Colby regarding the auto industry crisis:
- 11-03-08 Information on Google settlement
- We are updating our website
- 8-20-08 Best selling author wins legal battle
- NWU President Addresses Dangers of Orphan Works bill at SBA Forum
- 2008 Special election results
- 5/22/08 The Bellwether Prize for Fiction
- 5/8/08 - Reject Orphan Works Bill
- ANNOUNCEMENT OF SPECIAL NEC ELECTION AND CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
- 4/16/08 - National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981 Opposes Amazon’s BookSurge Imposition on Print-On-Demand Market As “Monopolistic.”
About the N.W.U.
The National Writers Union is the trade union for freelance and contract writers: journalists, book authors, business and technical writers, web content providers, and poets. With the combined strength of nearly 2,000 members in 16 chapters nationwide, and with the support of the United Automobile Workers (UAW), the Union works to defend the rights and improve the economic and working conditions of all writers.
11-11-08 9/11 health survey from NY Press Photographers Assoc.
The following request comes from the New York Press Photographers Assoc.
11-24-08 Notice about Nieman Foundation awards, program, and conference:
The Nieman Foundation will present two journalism awards early next year:
AFL-CIO NOW BLOG
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- Boston-Area Congress Members Back Employee Free Choice Act
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- Obama, Congress Put Working Families at Heart of Economic Plan
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- Screen Actors Postpone Strike Vote, and More Bargaining News
- Back to School to Learn Labor History
- The Warmer Side of Police Officers
- Public Safety Net—Not Charity—Should Guarantee Health Care
- Toolkit Helps Faith Groups Support Workers in Distress
- Businessman Argues for Employee Free Choice Act
- 'Green' Schools, Healthy Kids
- 2008 in Review: Union Members: Yes, We Can; Yes, We Did