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Recent News Items
- 5/8/08 - Reject Orphan Works Bill
- ANNOUNCEMENT OF SPECIAL NEC ELECTION AND CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
- 4/16/08 - National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981 Opposes Amazon’s BookSurge Imposition on Print-On-Demand Market As “Monopolistic.”
- 4/7/08 - Federal Appeals Court Attacks Authors’ Constitutional Right to Copyright Protection
- 3/24/08 - NWU letter of support to American Axle workers
- Copyrights
- President Colby Sends Statement of NWU Solidarity to Writers Guild - West President Verrone
- Print on Demand Publishing Increasingly Attractive to Authors
- The Imperiled Future of Copyright
- Hire A Union Writer - Information
About the N.W.U.
The National Writers Union is the trade union for freelance and contract writers: journalists, book authors, business and technical writers, web content providers, and poets. With the combined strength of nearly 2,000 members in 16 chapters nationwide, and with the support of the United Automobile Workers (UAW), the Union works to defend the rights and improve the economic and working conditions of all writers.
2008 Special election results
The results of the 2008 special election were sent out in an all-member e-mail on June 11 and are posted in the members only section of the website. Please enter the union hall to read the report.
AFL-CIO NOW BLOG
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- Union Members Tell McCain: Address Needs of Working Families
- Gerard: 'Our Time Is Now. Seize the Moment'
- McCain's Colombia Trade Policy Hurts Workers Here and Abroad
- Union Members Go Door to Door in Pennsylvania, Missouri
- Federal Prison Guard's Murder Points Out Need for Funding, Staff
- Arizona Homeowners' Bill of Rights Qualifies for Ballot
- Texas, Kentucky Union Members Demand Gas Price Relief