On Our Team
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A 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to building equity in the arts.
Home of the Pay Equity Standards.
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· Sep 25
On Our Team
On Our Team builds pay equity and labor equity in the theatre industry, and is dedicated to creating a united front in requiring equitable pay and support for theatrical designers.
www.onourteam.org
Hi! We're here building pay equity in the arts.
Artists are workers and art is a job.
www.onourteam.org
Artists are workers and art is a job.
www.onourteam.org
We tell ourselves so many stories in order to justify low pay for creative workers.
"It's a passion, not a profession."
"You can make a killing, but not a living."
"Do it for the exposure."
And the below "class traitors" line,
Etc...
Both creative workers and consumers tell stories like this.1/2
"It's a passion, not a profession."
"You can make a killing, but not a living."
"Do it for the exposure."
And the below "class traitors" line,
Etc...
Both creative workers and consumers tell stories like this.1/2
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
We tell ourselves so many stories in order to justify low pay for creative workers.
"It's a passion, not a profession."
"You can make a killing, but not a living."
"Do it for the exposure."
And the below "class traitors" line,
Etc...
Both creative workers and consumers tell stories like this.1/2
"It's a passion, not a profession."
"You can make a killing, but not a living."
"Do it for the exposure."
And the below "class traitors" line,
Etc...
Both creative workers and consumers tell stories like this.1/2
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With Black Friday approaching, there will inevitably be well-intentioned talk that these deals are only possible because workers are denied a livable wage.
Don't buy into this. It's not low prices vs. fair pay. It's the demand for ever-higher profits and shareholder returns that forces deprivation.
Don't buy into this. It's not low prices vs. fair pay. It's the demand for ever-higher profits and shareholder returns that forces deprivation.
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
With Black Friday approaching, there will inevitably be well-intentioned talk that these deals are only possible because workers are denied a livable wage.
Don't buy into this. It's not low prices vs. fair pay. It's the demand for ever-higher profits and shareholder returns that forces deprivation.
Don't buy into this. It's not low prices vs. fair pay. It's the demand for ever-higher profits and shareholder returns that forces deprivation.
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I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
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Multiple theft accusations by and from the folks making the most (leadership/department heads and the board, wherever they work), all while many museum workers aren't making a living wage.
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Philadelphia Art Museum Accuses Former Director of Theft
After Alexandra Suda accused the museum of wrongful termination, the institution said she misappropriated funds to increase her salary.
hyperallergic.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Multiple theft accusations by and from the folks making the most (leadership/department heads and the board, wherever they work), all while many museum workers aren't making a living wage.
@hyperallergic.com
@onourteam.bsky.social
hyperallergic.com/1059426/phil...
@hyperallergic.com
@onourteam.bsky.social
hyperallergic.com/1059426/phil...
We're working on re-balancing the scales in the arts. We all need to do our part to end pay inequity in all sectors.
Q4 is ripe with layoffs while CEO's continue to make 281 times as much as typical workers. It's time to re-balance the scales.
Read more: www.epi.org/publication/...
Read more: www.epi.org/publication/...
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
We're working on re-balancing the scales in the arts. We all need to do our part to end pay inequity in all sectors.
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UAW 2110 this week petitioned the NLRB for a union election for nearly a thousand staff of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Workers cite pay inequities, lack of job protection and ever-increasing workloads as reasons for the unionization efforts.
Read: nycclc.org/news/staff-m...
Read: nycclc.org/news/staff-m...
November 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
UAW 2110 this week petitioned the NLRB for a union election for nearly a thousand staff of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Workers cite pay inequities, lack of job protection and ever-increasing workloads as reasons for the unionization efforts.
Read: nycclc.org/news/staff-m...
Read: nycclc.org/news/staff-m...
We love to see it!
NEW — Today, Cook County became the first county in the U.S. to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income at the county level.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
Cook County becomes the first county in the US to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income • The TRiiBE
On Thursday, the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved the FY 2026 budget, which includes $7.5 million to fund the county’s guaranteed basic income program.
thetriibe.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
We love to see it!
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My kingdom for a living wage.
November 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
My kingdom for a living wage.
That part 👇
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
That part 👇
"...it’s a business built on the unpaid and underpaid labor of the very workers who generate its product. Art is labor, no different from any other kind of labor..."
I just got my royalty statement for The Actual Star for the first half of 2025. Four years after publication, it sold 492 new copies, for a take-home royalty payment of $425.46 USD.
For perspective on these figures, please read this piece I wrote last year:
For perspective on these figures, please read this piece I wrote last year:
Q: Can an author make a living from royalties?
~ free public post ~ The general population is slowly getting the message that things are really hard for traditionally published authors right now, in ways it was not hard twenty or even five year…
monicacatherine.com
September 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
"...it’s a business built on the unpaid and underpaid labor of the very workers who generate its product. Art is labor, no different from any other kind of labor..."
"Do it for exposure" never ends.
The exploitation of artists is the point, not some inconvenience artists have to navigate on the way to paid opportunities.
The exploitation of artists is the point, not some inconvenience artists have to navigate on the way to paid opportunities.
Apparently the NFL wanted her show for free, and thought the value of it for her was the exposure. The NFL has been getting free exposure from Taylor, just from her going to her fiancés games, and she is getting death threats for it.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
NFL ‘Flatly Refused’ to Meet Taylor Swift’s Demands About Super Bowl Performance, Source Says
The speculation about Taylor Swift’s possible performance at the Super Bowl has now reportedly come to an abrupt end. Industry insiders claimed that Swift made some demands to perform for the halftime...
www.yahoo.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
"Do it for exposure" never ends.
The exploitation of artists is the point, not some inconvenience artists have to navigate on the way to paid opportunities.
The exploitation of artists is the point, not some inconvenience artists have to navigate on the way to paid opportunities.
Hi! We're here building pay equity in the arts.
Artists are workers and art is a job.
www.onourteam.org
Artists are workers and art is a job.
www.onourteam.org
On Our Team
On Our Team builds pay equity and labor equity in the theatre industry, and is dedicated to creating a united front in requiring equitable pay and support for theatrical designers.
www.onourteam.org
September 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Hi! We're here building pay equity in the arts.
Artists are workers and art is a job.
www.onourteam.org
Artists are workers and art is a job.
www.onourteam.org