Writers and “Generative AI” | NWU
How will "generative artificial intelligence" affect writers and other media workers? To ask the question in this way almost seems to imply that we are passive objects of forces unleashed by venture capitalists and Internet platforms. But as a union, we don't accept a role of passive victimhood. Our goal is to use the power
RSVP by noon ET today to join the 1/2-hour FSP general info session this evening / afternoon, 6:30 ET / 3:30 PT. We do it once a quarter. Ask questions!
https://forms.gle/4upgoyN8jh2Ca62TA
#labor #union #freelance #FreelanceSolidarityProject #NationalWritersUnion
#FreelanceIsntFree
Freelance Solidarity Project • General Info Session RSVP
Are you a freelancer inspired by recent labor activism, like the New York Times contributors' letter against transphobic coverage? 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 quarterly general info session:
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
6:30—7:00pm ET on Zoom
A Zoom link will be sent out on the day of the meeting.
You must RSVP by noon Tuesday, March 7 to get the link.
Everyone is welcome to attend the info session, whether or not they are a freelancer. Freelancers across all media—not only writers!—can join FSP.
Questions? Check out this one-pager about FSP's work, or email [email protected]
Great chance to know the Freelance Solidarity Project as a labor organizing initiative first hand: next week, Mar. 7.
The FSP’s quarterly 30-min. general info chat, open to everybody (just RSVP please), is Tuesday evening, 6:30 ET / 3:30 PT.
Join us. Ask questions!
https://forms.gle/4upgoyN8jh2Ca62TA
#labor #union #freelance #FreelanceSolidarityProject #NationalWritersUnion
#FreelanceIsntFree
Freelance Solidarity Project • General Info Session RSVP
Are you a freelancer inspired by recent labor activism, like the New York Times contributors' letter against transphobic coverage? 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 quarterly general info session:
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
6:30—7:00pm ET on Zoom
A Zoom link will be sent out on the day of the meeting.
You must RSVP by noon Tuesday, March 7 to get the link.
Everyone is welcome to attend the info session, whether or not they are a freelancer. Freelancers across all media—not only writers!—can join FSP.
Questions? Check out this one-pager about FSP's work, or email [email protected]
Also newly firing up on Mastodon: @niemanlab, who a few days ago ran this great short piece about journalists and labor solidarity by my #FreelanceSolidarityProject / NWU union sibling Eric Thurm.
‘Publishers may tout the civic accomplishments of their papers, but journalistic values of transparency and openness fall by the wayside when they’re applied to keeping bargaining sessions open.’
https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/12/journalists-think-of-themselves-as-workers/
#pressFreedom #journalism #union #labor #mediaWorkers #mediaWork
Journalists think of themselves as workers
"Even a public service is still a service, and even the most high-minded reporters still have to pay the rent."
Edward Hasbrouck
Freelance Solidarity Project
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