{"id":10789,"date":"2023-06-26T11:18:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T09:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?post_type=news&p=10789"},"modified":"2023-06-26T11:18:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T09:18:57","slug":"organizing-freelance-workers-in-the-entertainment-industry","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/organizing-freelance-workers-in-the-entertainment-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Organizing freelance workers in the entertainment industry"},"content":{"rendered":"
A conference in Madrid earlier this month brought together global unions from the world of media, entertainment and arts to address the challenges faced by freelancers and self-employed people in the sector, and how to overcome the obstacles unions face in organizing these workers.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
The meeting on 8-9 June, which included UNI Global Union, the International Federation of Actors, the International Federation of Musicians, and the European Federation of Journalists, was the\u00a0 culmination of a three-year EU project on atypical workers in the sector.<\/p>\r\n
In many countries, freelance workers in the sector are not legally allowed to join a union or competition law prevents the workers from coming together to bargain collectively.<\/p>\r\n