In 2018, the National Writers Union collected more than $200,000 for almost 150 unpaid freelancers by waging Group Non-Payment Grievances. Most of these were settled directly and with the assistance of the UAW Legal Department , some had to go to court. All of the unpaid freelancers were paid 100% of what they were owed. […]
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In 2018, the National Writers Union collected more than $200,000 for almost 150 unpaid freelancers by waging Group Non-Payment Grievances. Most of these were settled directly by the union. And some, with the assistance of the UAW Legal Department, had to go to court. All of the unpaid freelancers were paid 100% of what they […]
Police “Confiscate a Newsroom” to Try to Reveal a Confidential Source
On Friday, May 10, ten San Francisco police officers and two FBI agents raided the home of freelance journalist and videographer Bryan Carmody. They showed up with sledge hammers and battering rams with guns drawn, and a search warrant looking for “stolen or embezzled” property. In reality, they were not so much looking for a […]
RIP Rachel Burd – Union Leader, Social Justice Warrior
As former officers we want to join with our NWU sisters and brothers to express condolences on the passing of Rachel Burd. We all worked with with Rachel on the NWU executive board in years past and her death has shocked us. Rachel’s commitment to the union, and to the labor movement in general and […]
World Press Freedom Day 2019 – Support the IFJ Convention on the Safety and Protection of Media Workers
Lyra had worked at the Belfast Telegraph, was a member of the National Union of Journalists UK and Ireland and was a freelancer and novelist. She was killed after a gunman, apparently with the New IRA, fired shots towards the police. She was standing nearby, reporting live from the scene.
Can Women in Media Challenge Stereotypes and Misrepresentation Online?
“We are afraid of judgment, family, society…” She said, “Women now ask us to tell their stories. We’re framing women as strong because we are strong.”
DC Public Library’s Author Festival Offers Chance to Hone Your Craft
This month authors have the chance to take part in workshops, discussions, social activities, and professional development in a one-day festival courtesy of the DC Public Library and the Library of Congress. Session topics at the DC Author Festival will include international publishing, genre writing, short story writing, working with an agent, structuring your novel, […]
The Coolest Person at the Writers Conference
At the Association of Writers and Writing Programs in Portland, OR, the final week of March, I did the usual: attend workshops and hit the parties. But it was the unusual that resonated: A chat with writer Jennifer F. Steil at the Authors Guild gathering. She told me about serving as a newspaper editor in […]
Arizona Labor Packs a Punch
In the run up to the 2018 election, an office in the back of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Hall in Tucson served as cramped headquarters for a new kind of labor campaign. A hand-made poster on the wall compare the two most recent Arizona District 2 Congressional members’ lifetime legislative scores showed why […]
Amazon Selling Plagiarized Books
On March 20, Book Division Co-Chair Aleah Barley, joined Authors Guild Executive Director Mary Rasenberger and a number of Authors Coalition member organizations on a conference call to explore ways to stop plagiarism on Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) and Kindle Unlimited (KU) platforms. The call was in preparation for a possible letter writing campaign […]
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