Governor Pritzker has signed the Freelance Worker Protection Act. Illinois establishes a new standard in labor law in the United States on the Freelance Isn’t Free model.
$275k judgment in a city suit on behalf of 41 unpaid workers makes an impressive case for protections the Freelance Worker Protection Act would bring to Illinois.
Highlighting the union’s role in the international cause for press protections and our collective voice on behalf of imprisoned journalists, particularly Mumia Abu-Jamal and Julian Assange.
Open-to-publicvirtual event
December 5, 2023
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm CT
Freelance Solidarity Project Quarterly General Info Session
Get to know the NWU’s Digital Media Division, the Freelance Solidarity Project.
To receive connection info to join this event, you’ll need to RSVP.go to rsvp form
Are you a freelancer inspired by recent labor activism in media, like the Writers Guild of America strike? Interested in learning more about organizing alongside your fellow freelance media workers? Join the Freelance Solidarity Project, a division of the National Writers Union, for our next general info session.
All are welcome. Questions are encouraged.
Membership in the National Writers Union and in the Freelance Solidarity Project are open to media workers in all areas, not to writers only.
FSP Quarterly General Info Session
12/5/23
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm CT
Open-to-publicvirtual event
Get to know the NWU’s Digital Media Division, the Freelance Solidarity Project.