About: National Writers Union

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National Writers Union (NWU), founded on 19 November 1981, is the trade union in the United States for freelance and contract writers: journalists, book and short fiction authors, business and technical writers, web content providers and poets. Organized into 17 local chapters nationwide, it had been Local 1981 of the United Automobile Workers, AFL–CIO since merging with them in 1992. On 11 May 2020, the NWU disaffiliated with the UAW.

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  • NWU
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  • National Writers Union (NWU), founded on 19 November 1981, is the trade union in the United States for freelance and contract writers: journalists, book and short fiction authors, business and technical writers, web content providers and poets. Organized into 17 local chapters nationwide, it had been Local 1981 of the United Automobile Workers, AFL–CIO since merging with them in 1992. On 11 May 2020, the NWU disaffiliated with the UAW. NWU is affiliated with the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the International Authors Forum (IAF), and the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO). (en)
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  • 1981-11-19 (xsd:date)
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  • To defend the rights of and improve the economic and working conditions for all writers
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  • NWU (en)
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  • NWU President Larry Goldbetter addresses the union's delegate assembly. (en)
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  • 1981-11-19 (xsd:date)
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  • National Writers Union (en)
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  • International Federation of Journalists (en)
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  • To defend the rights of and improve the economic and working conditions for all writers (en)
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  • Trade union (en)
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  • National Writers Union (NWU), founded on 19 November 1981, is the trade union in the United States for freelance and contract writers: journalists, book and short fiction authors, business and technical writers, web content providers and poets. Organized into 17 local chapters nationwide, it had been Local 1981 of the United Automobile Workers, AFL–CIO since merging with them in 1992. On 11 May 2020, the NWU disaffiliated with the UAW. (en)
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  • National Writers Union (en)
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