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Recent News Items
- 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
- Writer Alert: Fashion Windows
- New NWU Insurance Offerings and Open Enrollment for Dental/Vision
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.
5/8/08 - Reject Orphan Works Bill
President of National Writers Union/UAW Local 1981 Appeals to Senator Leahy to Reject Orphan Works Bill
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