07 Fair Deal for Freelances


and is fighting for a radical reform of our rights to ensure job protection and benefits are not dependent on employment status. Tis is why freelance members are supporting the Freelance Charter (see next page).


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Mark Fisher, secretary, Edinburgh Freelance Branch Being freelance you oſten feel like you’re out on your own, the more so when you’re trying to negotiate with a big, impersonal publisher. Te atomisation of life during the pandemic doesn’t make things any easier. Yet it’s just as important for freelances to secure fair terms of work as it is for their staff colleagues. Tat’s why I believe everyone should


he Fair Deal for Freelances campaign seeks redress for those missing out on Covid-19 financial aid


support the demand for trades union collective bargaining that benefits all workers.


Dr Francis Sedgemore, chair, Freelance Industrial Council Making a living as a freelance is precarious at the best of times, but one of the advantages of being self- employed is maintaining control over one’s intellectual property and moral rights. With publishers so oſten demanding that freelance contributors cede all rights to their work, it is all the more important that freelance journalists organise collectively to resist such corporate pressure.


Te NUJ’s Freelance Rights


Charter has a critical role to play in this.


Julian Elliot, photographer Creators like me are


Promote the Freelance Charter to local employers and employer organisations.


Action •


Send a quote to freelanceoffice@nuj.org.uk in support from your branch.


• Find out more at: •


htps://www.nuj.org.uk/campaigns/fair- deal-for-freelances/


Tweet your support #FD4F


indebted to the NUJ. Having a charter to help underpin our creators’ and moral rights is a great step in the right direction. Each and every day over a billion images are infringed across the world. Te NUJ is a force that helps creators protect the rights that we deserve.


Bob Smith, photographer Freelances craſt content using their skills and creativity. It’s vital for their livelihoods that they receive the recognition for this and aren’t subject to unfair rights grabs.


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