The Freelance Solidarity Project is hosting a special election this month to fill two vacancies on our Organizing Committee. One person will help Emma Whitford with Communications, and the other will work on Events with Michael Baginski. Co-chairs are responsible for communication between chairs and members, guiding discussions in general meetings, and managing important areas […]
Lo que los escritores deben saber de la ley AB5
El pasado 22 de enero, el Sindicato Nacional de Escritores NWU y el Writers Guild realizaron un panel sobre “Lo que los escritores deben saber sobre AB5 y leyes similares para terminar con la errónea clasificación de trabajadores”. Los oradores fueron la Directora Ejecutiva del Writers Guild, Mary Rasenberger, el abogado de la Unidad de […]
DO YOUR HOMEWORK
Would you take a job offer from a company you’ve never heard of without checking up on it? Would you accept a marriage proposal without knowing anything about your intended partner’s family? But a lot of authors take the first book contract they’re offered, even though they’ve never heard of the publisher. Then, when the […]
Getting Writers Read and Fed!
The NWU is Back at the San Francisco Writers Conference February, 13-16, 2020. The National Writers Union Northern California Chapter will be at the conference for a 4th year, and is presenting the one-hour panel, Getting Read and Getting Fed! This panel includes NWU Members Cedric O’Bannon, Edward Hasbrouck, Brigid O’Farrell, and September Williams. This event takes place […]
NWU Open Mic Ends 2019 with KA-BOOM!
The NWU Open Mic at the Manhattan-based Muhlenberg New York Public Library ended 2019 with a resounding KA-BOOM! Over 30 writers, poets, rappers, singers, and instrumentalists enjoyed hot coffee, creamy pastries, and warm camaraderie. The NWU has continuously run this monthly open mic at the NYPL since 2013. As NY Steering Committee member and national trustee, I currently […]
27th Annual UAW Civil and Human Rights Dinner
On January 24, UAW Region 9A held it’s 27th Annual Civil and Human Rights Dinner in honor of the MLK Holiday. NWU was represented by Ekim Kilic, Julia Witter, Yusef Salaam, Larry Goldbetter and keynote speaker, Lydia Edwards. Edwards received the Benny-Thorntin Labor-Civil Rights Award. Other award winners included the late Hector Figueroa, former president […]
What Writers Should Know About AB5
On January 22, NWU and the Authors Guild held a panel on “What Writers Should Know About AB5 and Similar Laws to End Misclassification.” The speakers were Authors Guild Executive Director Mary Rasenberger, Staff Attorney of the Employment Unit of the Legal Aid Society, Richard Blum, and NWU President Larry Goldbetter. You can see the […]
NWU Representing Unpaid Freelancers and Romance Writers
We have two new non-payment grievances to start the New Year. NWU member Daisy Alioto has helped us organize a group grievance of six freelancers at L’Officiel Magazine who are owed about $18,000. We have had one meeting with the freelancers and as we go to press, we have a meeting scheduled with officers from […]
IFJ, NWU, and SFWA comment on European Union proposals for “out-of-commerce works”
For more than six years, the European Union has been engaged in major omnibus copyright “reform” legislation — and the NWU has taken a leading role in engaging with EU lawmakers and regulators to try to make sure that the interests of US and other non-EU authors are taken into account in this process. An […]
SoCal Member’s Play Runs Jan 24, 25, 26
NWU Southen California members Ismael Parra and David Trujillo bringing back to Los Angeles the play “Many May Not Return.” David Trujillo Southern California National Writers Union member is premiering his original play “Many May Not Return” at the Long Beach Playhouse January 24, 25 & 26. The NWU Southern California Chapter is planning a […]
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