@fspnwu.bsky.social
The Freelance Solidarity Project fights to raise labor standards for digital media workers across our industry. Part of @nwu.org
@fspnwu.bsky.socialDo your freelance rates align with the ones gathered so far by @nwu.org? If not, enter your rates in our database - the more data we have, the more equipped we are to organize for the rates we deserve. nwu.org/freelance-solidarity-project/rate-sharing
@fspnwu.bsky.socialIn the last quarter of a century, rent has increased roughly 141%. Any guesses how much freelance writer rates have risen in that same time frame?
@objectivejournos.bsky.socialReposted by @fspnwu.bsky.social"If a $1/word rate matched today’s inflation, the average writer should be making about $2/word. But — according to our data — they aren’t."
@fspnwu.bsky.social members jen byers and Elena Novak analyze data from the project's Rate Sharing Database.
@fspnwu.bsky.socialNext Monday we will be having our event Big Media and the rise of Authoritarianism: How We Fight Back. With the rise of media consolidation that threatens media workers across the industry, it's more important than ever to discuss and organize around this issue. Register: bit.ly/FightBigMedia
@fspnwu.bsky.socialWe stand in solidarity with our @condeunion.bsky.social siblings at @teenvogue.com who were unceremoniously laid off last week.
Layoffs are not a solution to unbalanced budgets, especially when those laid off come from marginalized backgrounds typically not represented at major media orgs.
