National Writers Union, Delegates Assembly
Probably the most interesting and aggressive area of the labor movement is the least known. On August 10-12 the National Writers Union, Local 1981, UAW, AFL- CIO held its Delegates Assembly; the local’s legislative body. It meets every three years. The Newspaper Guild, and The Writer’s Guild, represent in house salaried writers. AFGE and AFSCME fight for government salaried writers. The NWU takes on fighting for the interest and the needs of the freelance writer. These writers publish both fiction and nonfiction in magazines; books and the internet. These are usually creative works they have completed on their own. Writers are workers who are hired through agencies and publishers to create literary works. The work is hard difficult and time consuming. Without the union representation, writers would be subjected to abuse, neglect and economic exploitation. The pay for the average ...