National Writers Union
@nwu.org
The National Writers Union fights for all freelance writers & media workers in the digital age. Media contact: comms@nwu.org
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NWU opposes the fascist coup that has taken over the US govt. We commit our union to work for the restoration of constitutional rule in the US, & to solidarity with all workers & others impacted by the coup, including workers in other countries facing US trade wars & tariffs. Join us: nwu.org/join
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#IDEVAW2025 #25N “Without robust, enforceable gender policies and genuine protection for journalists reporting on far-right activities, all the progress we have fought for could be undone in an instant"
Maria Angeles Samperio, IFJ Gender Council chair
www.ifj.org/media-centre...
Maria Angeles Samperio, IFJ Gender Council chair
www.ifj.org/media-centre...
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
#IDEVAW2025 #25N “Without robust, enforceable gender policies and genuine protection for journalists reporting on far-right activities, all the progress we have fought for could be undone in an instant"
Maria Angeles Samperio, IFJ Gender Council chair
www.ifj.org/media-centre...
Maria Angeles Samperio, IFJ Gender Council chair
www.ifj.org/media-centre...
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I've known and worked alongside Dave since I began my reporting career as a freelancer. He's fearless, exceptionally kind, and covers what others don't. Please read and consider supporting his GoFundMe (linked in the article)
Tampa photojournalist arrested outside ICE detention center in Miami www.cltampa.com/news/tampa-p...
Tampa photojournalist arrested outside ICE detention center in Miami
More than 30 people were arrested outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Miami last Saturday afternoon—including Tampa photojournalist Dave Decker.
www.cltampa.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I've known and worked alongside Dave since I began my reporting career as a freelancer. He's fearless, exceptionally kind, and covers what others don't. Please read and consider supporting his GoFundMe (linked in the article)
HUGE!!! 🗞️✊🏼
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
HUGE!!! 🗞️✊🏼
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Great night at Powell’s Books for Jonathan Rosenblum’s book, We’re Coming for You and Your Rotten System, in conversation. Proud to have NWU Oregon chapter leaders there supporting writers and worker power. @thenationalwritersunion @nwu.org @powells.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Great night at Powell’s Books for Jonathan Rosenblum’s book, We’re Coming for You and Your Rotten System, in conversation. Proud to have NWU Oregon chapter leaders there supporting writers and worker power. @thenationalwritersunion @nwu.org @powells.bsky.social
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On Transgender Day of Remembrance, we mourn our lost siblings and call for justice. Trade unions have a duty to defend trans workers. An injury to one is an injury to all ✊🏿
#TDoR #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransRightsAreHumanRights #LGBTIWorkers
#TDoR #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransRightsAreHumanRights #LGBTIWorkers
Transgender Day of Remembrance: Defending trans people in the workplace / IFJ
On the International Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR), 20 November, the Council of Global Unions LGBTI Committee, of which the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is part, mourns our lo...
www.ifj.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:29 AM
On Transgender Day of Remembrance, we mourn our lost siblings and call for justice. Trade unions have a duty to defend trans workers. An injury to one is an injury to all ✊🏿
#TDoR #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransRightsAreHumanRights #LGBTIWorkers
#TDoR #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransRightsAreHumanRights #LGBTIWorkers
On Transgender Day of Remembrance, support media orgs like @transjournalists.org doing vital work to materially support queer & trans media workers, & check out this resource page by @fspnwu.bsky.social on pushing for better labor conditions freelancesolidarity.org/kyr-trans-me...
Know Your Rights: Trans Media Workers - Freelance Solidarity Project
Know Your Rights Resources for trans, non-binary &gender-nonconforming media workers Amid increasing threats to LGBTQIA+ rights, it’s crucial for trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive media workers t...
freelancesolidarity.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
On Transgender Day of Remembrance, support media orgs like @transjournalists.org doing vital work to materially support queer & trans media workers, & check out this resource page by @fspnwu.bsky.social on pushing for better labor conditions freelancesolidarity.org/kyr-trans-me...
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This #TransgenderAwarenessWeek, we're launching the Trans News Initiative - a nearly yearlong project dedicated to tracking and analyzing news coverage of trans communities across the United States.
transnewsinitiative.org
transnewsinitiative.org
Trans News Initiative
A database and analysis of news coverage affecting trans communities.
transnewsinitiative.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This #TransgenderAwarenessWeek, we're launching the Trans News Initiative - a nearly yearlong project dedicated to tracking and analyzing news coverage of trans communities across the United States.
transnewsinitiative.org
transnewsinitiative.org
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When I was ill and had no #health #insurance, they helped me. I am forever a member and supporter of the #NWU! 👏
November 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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About a month later, on November 19, 1981, the National Writers Union was formed. Happy birthday, NWU! 🎈
November 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
About a month later, on November 19, 1981, the National Writers Union was formed. Happy birthday, NWU! 🎈
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I'm here with a cohort from the Literary Translators Division of the National Writers Union: @nwu.org
We're organizing for better working conditions, especially pay, which hasn't come anywhere near keeping pace with the cost of living for DECADES.
nwu.org/chapters/toc/
We're organizing for better working conditions, especially pay, which hasn't come anywhere near keeping pace with the cost of living for DECADES.
nwu.org/chapters/toc/
November 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I'm here with a cohort from the Literary Translators Division of the National Writers Union: @nwu.org
We're organizing for better working conditions, especially pay, which hasn't come anywhere near keeping pace with the cost of living for DECADES.
nwu.org/chapters/toc/
We're organizing for better working conditions, especially pay, which hasn't come anywhere near keeping pace with the cost of living for DECADES.
nwu.org/chapters/toc/
We join @ifjglobal.bsky.social and our sibling union Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate in strongly and openly condemning Israel's unending assault on media workers and the Palestinian people.
#Palestine: Six media workers were attacked by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. We join the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) in condemning this brutal assault and the ongoing escalation of violence against Palestinian media workers.
Palestine: Six media workers attacked by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank / IFJ
Six Palestinian media workers have been severely injured, after being targeted and attacked by a group of Israeli settlers on 8 November in the town of Beita, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Ba...
www.ifj.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
We join @ifjglobal.bsky.social and our sibling union Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate in strongly and openly condemning Israel's unending assault on media workers and the Palestinian people.
🚨 @noticiastelemundo.com & @uninoticias.bsky.social
broadcast Trump’s deportation messaging straight into our homes. This is intimidation. And they’re doing it to the very people who built their audience. Don't stay quiet 🗣️ Tell them to pull the ads. #ApagaElOdio www.apagaelodio.com
broadcast Trump’s deportation messaging straight into our homes. This is intimidation. And they’re doing it to the very people who built their audience. Don't stay quiet 🗣️ Tell them to pull the ads. #ApagaElOdio www.apagaelodio.com
Apaga el Odio
www.apagaelodio.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
🚨 @noticiastelemundo.com & @uninoticias.bsky.social
broadcast Trump’s deportation messaging straight into our homes. This is intimidation. And they’re doing it to the very people who built their audience. Don't stay quiet 🗣️ Tell them to pull the ads. #ApagaElOdio www.apagaelodio.com
broadcast Trump’s deportation messaging straight into our homes. This is intimidation. And they’re doing it to the very people who built their audience. Don't stay quiet 🗣️ Tell them to pull the ads. #ApagaElOdio www.apagaelodio.com
Support independent journalists!
I am $73.16 short of the billing amount I had hoped to earn this year, which is less than the cost of one annual subscription to my newsletter. so, uh, if anyone wants to help push me over the line, here's that link: newsletter.mariannedhenin.com/.
Marianne Dhenin
Journalist, historian, writer.
newsletter.mariannedhenin.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Support independent journalists!
NWU member @octoberk.bsky.social thoroughly illustrates how the attacks on pro-Palestine int'l students and faculty normalized violence and repression of immigrant communities by ICE. We remain committed to protecting the right to organize and pushing pack on political repression.
Repression of Palestine Solidarity on Campus Enabled Anti-Migrant Escalation
Faculty are forming support networks to connect with each other to protect students and end the genocide in Palestine.
truthout.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
NWU member @octoberk.bsky.social thoroughly illustrates how the attacks on pro-Palestine int'l students and faculty normalized violence and repression of immigrant communities by ICE. We remain committed to protecting the right to organize and pushing pack on political repression.
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Stand with Condé Nast Union 🚨 We’re calling on you to sign our petition telling management to reinstate the Fired Four, reverse the suspensions, and end the union busting.
Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Stand with Condé Nast Union 🚨 We’re calling on you to sign our petition telling management to reinstate the Fired Four, reverse the suspensions, and end the union busting.
Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
What does it take to win? Our campaigns coordinator Eric Thurm knows! From field leading Zohran Mamdani's mayoral campaign to organizing for workers' rights with NWU, Eric's experience demonstrates the power of meaningful connections. @amyhoggart.bsky.social
Eric Thurm, writer + Zohran Mamdani campaign organiser
Zohran's campaign could be run in other places
amyhoggart.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
What does it take to win? Our campaigns coordinator Eric Thurm knows! From field leading Zohran Mamdani's mayoral campaign to organizing for workers' rights with NWU, Eric's experience demonstrates the power of meaningful connections. @amyhoggart.bsky.social
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We 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.
Layoffs are not a solution to unbalanced budgets, especially when those laid off come from marginalized backgrounds typically not represented at major media orgs.
November 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We 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.
Layoffs are not a solution to unbalanced budgets, especially when those laid off come from marginalized backgrounds typically not represented at major media orgs.
After the hopescrolling, what comes next? One of our members has some ideas.
Mazel tov to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and the movement! Now, the hard part. I wrote in @thenation.com that today's social movement must go on the offensive, striking out independently to give us a fighting chance against big biz, Trump, & the political duopoly.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
For the Movement That Elected Zohran Mamdani, Now Comes the Hard Part
Holding political office is not the same as wielding political power—especially for the left. To win bold demands, social movements must go on the offensive.
www.thenation.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
After the hopescrolling, what comes next? One of our members has some ideas.
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See 38, 43, 47, 54-55 + 56 for @nwu.org Literary Translators Division offerings at #ALTA48: literarytranslators.org/wp-content/u...
* We Can Spell Solidarity Without U, But Don’t Want To
* Solidarity Drop-in: Don’t Mourn, Organize!
* Envisioning the Perfect Contract
* Rate-Sharing Edit-a-Thon (2x)
* We Can Spell Solidarity Without U, But Don’t Want To
* Solidarity Drop-in: Don’t Mourn, Organize!
* Envisioning the Perfect Contract
* Rate-Sharing Edit-a-Thon (2x)
literarytranslators.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
See 38, 43, 47, 54-55 + 56 for @nwu.org Literary Translators Division offerings at #ALTA48: literarytranslators.org/wp-content/u...
* We Can Spell Solidarity Without U, But Don’t Want To
* Solidarity Drop-in: Don’t Mourn, Organize!
* Envisioning the Perfect Contract
* Rate-Sharing Edit-a-Thon (2x)
* We Can Spell Solidarity Without U, But Don’t Want To
* Solidarity Drop-in: Don’t Mourn, Organize!
* Envisioning the Perfect Contract
* Rate-Sharing Edit-a-Thon (2x)
Even when a company is based in a state with strong labor laws, those protections often don’t extend to remote #freelancers. This loophole lets companies dodge accountability entirely.
We’re fighting to close it through legislation. Donate to the legal fund today: www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
We’re fighting to close it through legislation. Donate to the legal fund today: www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
November 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Even when a company is based in a state with strong labor laws, those protections often don’t extend to remote #freelancers. This loophole lets companies dodge accountability entirely.
We’re fighting to close it through legislation. Donate to the legal fund today: www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
We’re fighting to close it through legislation. Donate to the legal fund today: www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
US media is complicit in manufacturing consent for Israel's genocide against the Palestinian people, with none more influential than the New York Times. We support the 300+ writers, scholars, & public figures who have made a collective commitment to hold NYT accountable. boycottdivestunsubscribe.com
The New York Times: Boycott, Divest, Unsubscribe
AS PALESTINIANS IN GAZA RETURN TO THEIR HOMES and take stock of the destruction Israel has wrought, it is our responsibility in the West to hold complicit institutions accountable for these crimes.…
boycottdivestunsubscribe.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
US media is complicit in manufacturing consent for Israel's genocide against the Palestinian people, with none more influential than the New York Times. We support the 300+ writers, scholars, & public figures who have made a collective commitment to hold NYT accountable. boycottdivestunsubscribe.com
"Guevara had not given up hope of one day returning to the US, where he said he had a fully paid house and was striving for legal permanent residency at the time of his deportation."
Being a member of the media is not a crime. Being an immigrant is not a crime.
Being a member of the media is not a crime. Being an immigrant is not a crime.
“It’s not the way I wanted to come back to my country – deported like a criminal,” journalist Mario Guevara told Briana Erickson,
Read about Guevara’s deportation from Atlanta to El Salvador in this story in the @theguardian.com, based on reporting by the Tracker:
Read about Guevara’s deportation from Atlanta to El Salvador in this story in the @theguardian.com, based on reporting by the Tracker:
Atlanta journalist says he ‘won’t be the only’ one deported by Trump officials
Emmy award-winner Mario Guevara warns administration ‘has the power’ after he was arrested and sent to El Salvador
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"Guevara had not given up hope of one day returning to the US, where he said he had a fully paid house and was striving for legal permanent residency at the time of his deportation."
Being a member of the media is not a crime. Being an immigrant is not a crime.
Being a member of the media is not a crime. Being an immigrant is not a crime.
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Speaking of freelancers, looking out for fellow freelance creatives is really important to me. We worked with @nwu.org and @fspnwu.bsky.social to develop contributor guidelines to protect freelancers, be transparent about our relationships, and set fair pay standards.
Freelancer Policies
The Flytrap and National Writers Union have agreed upon freelancer policies for media workers contributing to The Flytrap Media.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
October 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Speaking of freelancers, looking out for fellow freelance creatives is really important to me. We worked with @nwu.org and @fspnwu.bsky.social to develop contributor guidelines to protect freelancers, be transparent about our relationships, and set fair pay standards.
Tomorrow with @bookcritics.bsky.social! In our union, an injury to one is an injury to all. Hear how we've won back-pay, better treatment, and fair resolutions for media workers in disputes with publishers and others. Register at tinyurl.com/3NPD6PBU.
Have you ever found yourself waiting endlessly to be paid for your writing? That's where we come in. In this event, co-sponsored with @bookcritics.bsky.social, join NWU’s David Hill and Daisy Alioto to hear how we handle grievances ranging from copyright violations to editorial malpractice.
October 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Tomorrow with @bookcritics.bsky.social! In our union, an injury to one is an injury to all. Hear how we've won back-pay, better treatment, and fair resolutions for media workers in disputes with publishers and others. Register at tinyurl.com/3NPD6PBU.
Have you ever found yourself waiting endlessly to be paid for your writing? That's where we come in. In this event, co-sponsored with @bookcritics.bsky.social, join NWU’s David Hill and Daisy Alioto to hear how we handle grievances ranging from copyright violations to editorial malpractice.
October 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Have you ever found yourself waiting endlessly to be paid for your writing? That's where we come in. In this event, co-sponsored with @bookcritics.bsky.social, join NWU’s David Hill and Daisy Alioto to hear how we handle grievances ranging from copyright violations to editorial malpractice.