Pittsburgh Arts, Regional Theatre, New Work, Producing, Copyright, Labor Unions,
New Products, Coping Skills, J-O-Bs...
Theatre industry news, University & School of Drama Announcements, plus occasional course support for
Carnegie Mellon School of Drama Faculty, Staff, Students, and Alumni.
CMU School of Drama
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Labor Union, Redefined, for Freelance Workers
New York Times: "By creating a new type of union for nontraditional workers, Ms. Horowitz hopes to help revive the labor movement. Its membership has slipped to just 7.4 percent of the private-sector work force, down from one-third in 1960."
it's good to see that more and more artists are finding ways to represent themselves. I wonder how a union would work and what would be union work vs. non union work. I also know that many graphic designers will work on a barter system so it will be interesting to see how that plays out.
Yeah, mom was a freelance graphic artist for a long while and she often worked on barter. It will also be interesting to see how so many different types of jobs can be covered by one union, when so many of them are unrelated.
2 comments:
it's good to see that more and more artists are finding ways to represent themselves. I wonder how a union would work and what would be union work vs. non union work. I also know that many graphic designers will work on a barter system so it will be interesting to see how that plays out.
Yeah, mom was a freelance graphic artist for a long while and she often worked on barter. It will also be interesting to see how so many different types of jobs can be covered by one union, when so many of them are unrelated.
Post a Comment