The Department for Professional Employees, a coalition of two dozen national unions, is looking for a new Research and Outreach Manager. The job, located in downtown Washington, DC, involves researching policy areas affecting professional and technical employees. As a manager, you will be responsible for proposing, developing, and updating such research. You will analyze data […]
Beyond Ebonyowes
The unfortunate circumstances around EBONYOWES are no secret: Loss of income. Possibly fractured relationships with editors, and second-guessing by some about our decision to take legal action against a beloved American institution. However, the experience forced me out of my comfort zone. After I stopped writing for EBONY, I began to pitch larger publications and […]
Get to Know Us
More than 40 people joined the NWU to get grievance assistance or contract advice during the first six months of 2018. And roughly half of all members who request service—not counting group grievances—are new members. If you’re one of them, welcome to the National Writers Union! If you joined to pursue a grievance, you may […]
Consumers Digest: Pay Your Writers What You Owe Them
The National Writers Union/UAW 1981 is representing 17 freelance contributors to Consumers Digest Magazine who are owed more than $63,000 for stories that were contracted, completed and published. Some writers have waited more than a year to be paid by a publication that presents itself as a champion of consumers and ethical business practices. On May […]
Social Justice Foundation Seeks Communications Director
You may have joined the National Writers Union out of a belief that common people need a greater voice to compete with corporate power. If so, the Wallace Global Fund may have a job for you. The Wallace Global Fund describes itself as a “progressive foundation dedicated to promoting an informed and engaged citizenry, fighting […]
Latina Freelancers Receive $43,000 to Cover Unpaid Invoices
We were building a mass grievance at Latina and Latina Kitchen. We had organized a group of 14 writers and photographers who were owed more than $45,000 by the publications’ owner Solera Capital, LLC, a private equity firm in NYC. Latina’s website was down, and my emails to their officers bounced back. Still, we moved forward, planning to add a few more folks […]
NWU and Jacobin Reach a Freelancer Agreement
NEW YORK, NY (May 14, 2018) – The National Writers Union (UAW Local 1981) announced today that they have reached an agreement with Jacobin Magazine over a contract that covers freelancers for the publication’s print magazine and website. The agreement follows similar agreements negotiated last fall with The Nation and earlier this spring with In […]
Checks Are in the Mail for May Day!
As of today, International Workers’ Day, checks for approximately $9.5 million are in the mail to almost 2,500 freelance writers whose works were copied and distributed in electronic form by publishers of print periodicals who had neither paid for nor acquired digital rights to these articles. These payments today of millions of dollars to thousands […]
NWU to Partner with VLA NY
NWU is partnering with Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts NY. This is a new member benefit that our members will have access to in navigating the difficult world of building a freelance writing career. NWU became a non-profit institutional member of VLA and the first fruit of this new relationship is that VLA will represent […]
Catholics for Choice Seeks Managing Editor
Political lines aren’t as rigid as they may seem. Catholics for Choice is a DC-based non-profit that gives voice to Catholics who believe their faith supports a woman’s moral and legal right to make their own decisions regarding their sexuality and reproduction. The organization is on the lookout for a managing editor. This position will […]
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