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Sen Senator Scott Wiener has introduced a bill to expand Freelance Isn't Free to California State - It includes the right to a contract, prompt payment, & double damages for nonpayment. We need your help to pass these protections! Learn how to voice your support: blog.freelancersunion.org/2024/04/09/hel…

Make sure you have seen the NationalWritersUnion Platform & Principles for Policy on Generative AI nwu.org/issues-we-care…

The Authors Guild ALCS Alexis Gunderson NationalWritersUnion discussed the need to organise to establish regulation on AI. Offering a break from PowerPoint we get an excellent delivery of platform and principles nwu.org/nwu-releases-p…

Our members are on strike in four newsrooms today. Stand with the strikers. Do not cross the picket and click-it line.

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'Every individual deserves fair compensation for their labor and recourse if mistreated,” Sen. Wiener said. “SB 988 addresses the plight of many freelance workers who face challenges such as working without contracts or enduring delayed payments.' NPPA nppa.org/news/680

However! A group of us are now organizing within the National Writers Union [NationalWritersUnion] to see what we can do, collectively, within the bounds of the law as it exists. nwu.org/literary-trans…

#Palestine 🇵🇸: Israel airstrike on Al-Aqsa hospital in #Gaza injured six journalists, نقابة الصحفيين Palestinian Journalists Syndicate reported. We condemn Israeli authorities' refusal to allow journalists to leave Gaza for medical treatment abroad. Journalists should not be a target! bbc.com/news/world-mid…

We're one week away from this conversation ft. BrandiCD wrote BLACK SKINHEAD (on sale now), Matt Pearce 🦅🇺🇸, & Victor Pickard, moderated by k.e. harloe. Join us to hear their visions for a better, more sustainable media industry. The present looks bleak, but the future is in our hands: bit.ly/journalism-fut…

“UBP helped me pay off my rent, keep my family in our country & put food on our table.”- Areli Roa, Freelancer

The Unemployment Bridge Program wouldn’t cost average NYers anything. A small tax on Big Tech could fully fund this program- there was NO excuse.

#ExcludedNoMore

Excluded workers need a safety net!

We’re here in the halls of Albany because we can’t keep leaving excluded workers behind.

Governor Kathy Hochul Carl E. Heastie Sen. Stewart-Cousins, when will you recognize the value of our labor? #ExcludedNoMore

Worried about mass layoffs, publication closures, & how the collapse of the media industry undermines democracy? It’s time to organize. Join us & our panelists on April 9, 7pm ET, to discuss what happened & what we can do to fix it. RSVP here: bit.ly/journalism-fut…