“Every day that this war goes on, our commitment to Palestinian journalists and PJS grows stronger. They will not surrender and neither will we.” The National Writers Union (NWU) unequivocally condemns Israel’s ongoing, targeted murder of journalists. We are exasperated, incensed, and heartbroken over this massacre, with impunity, of our fellow journalists. An attack on […]
NWU Statement on the Assassinations of Ismail al-Ghoul and Rami al-Rifi
In solidarity with our sibling union the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS), and in the strongest possible terms, the National Writers Union (NWU) condemns the assassinations of our comrades Al Jazeera correspondent Ismail al-Ghoul and photographer Rami al-Rifi on July 31, 2024. The pair were killed in an Israeli strike while covering events in al-Shati Refugee […]
NWU at the Maine AFL-CIO COPE Convention
The Maine AFL-CIO held its biannual Committee on Political Education Convention, June 27-28, 2024, in Auburn, Maine. The convention was attended by delegates and guests from 42 affiliates (union locals and CLCs), representing over 16,000 union members across the state. Lorri Nandrea (NWU-Boston Chapter) attended as a delegate from the Western Maine Labor Council. The convention […]
Labor Wins at Labor Notes 2024
This year’s Labor Notes Conference was held in Rosemont, Illinois, a village-sized expanse of concrete, hotels, and parking lots on the edge of Chicago that has been run as a one-party state since its incorporation in 1956. Alongside 4,500 other union members, activists, and workers, nearly twenty of us from the National Writers Union descended […]
NWU Report Details Retaliation Against Western Media Workers Speaking Out on Gaza War
As the world recognized Press Freedom Day on May 3, Palestinian journalists continued to be incarcerated, injured, and killed in record numbers by the Israeli military. Western media workers, meanwhile, face retaliation and obstruction for seeking to elevate Palestinian voices or simply expressing concern about the media’s lopsided coverage of the Israel-Gaza war. Some are even being pepper-sprayed, detained, […]
Deadline to File Claim Against L’Officiel is Dec. 7
Have you freelanced for L’Officiel? Were you, like dozens of other freelancers, not paid what you are owed? You may be eligible for double damages! Last July, following advocacy by FSP-NWU and our coalition partners, the City of New York announced that they settled a lawsuit brought against L’Officiel USA, the American subsidiary of a […]
Senator Scott Wiener announces CA Senate Bill 988, the Freelance Worker Protection Act
Senator Wiener Introduces Bill to Expand Freelance Worker Protections SACRAMENTO – January 31, 2024 — Today, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) announced Senate Bill 988 (SB 988), the Freelance Worker Protection Act. SB 988 provides basic protections — enforced by the State Labor Commissioner and the Attorney General — for freelance workers, including the right […]
Imparcialidad Periodística en el Conflicto Palestino-Israelí
Desde los injustificables ataques de Hamás contra civiles israelíes, el ejército israelí ha matado a más de mil cuatrocientas personas en Gaza, donde además ha cortado los alimentos, el agua y la electricidad a más de dos millones de personas. En el momento de escribir este artículo, se está efectuando una limpieza étnica masiva. Israel […]
NWU Stands with WGA/SAG-AFTRA!
The National Writers Union stands in solidarity with the workers of SAG-AFTRA and the WGA. Central to the strike is the industry’s use of AI, for which SAG-AFTRA is demanding “informed consent and fair compensation”. As a union of multidisciplinary writers and media workers, we’re acutely aware of the way creative labor is devalued and […]
NWU Testifies at Hearing on Generative AI
The NWU was invited to testify at the first of a series of listening sessions on the implications of generative artificial intelligence on April 19, 2023. This wass the first step in a lengthy public consultation process by the U.S. Copyright Office, which is hosting these events. The April 19 session focused on “literary works,” […]
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