Hurricane Irene Damage Makes Mutualism Real
At Freelancers Union HQ in Brooklyn, New York, we waited for Hurricane Irene's approach with fearful anticipation. Would it just be an adventure, building a grown-up fort of flashlights and…
Why Buy When You Can Swap?
[http://www.cavemantrading.com/]Out of the many depressing and mind-numbing statistics, stories, and trends floating around in the recession, there is one which inspires hope: a growing economy based…
Get Big Freelancer Ideas to SXSW!
[http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/9520]Where do creative thinkers, entrepreneurs, tech visionaries, artists, and social changers get together to swap notes, spread new ideas, and kick the tires…
The Consequences of Job-Juggling
In Gabrielle's recent post [http://www.freelancersunion.org/blog/?p=1338]on the rise in the number of people working multiple, part-time jobs, she voiced concern about the cumulative strain…
Who, Us? We're Just a Powerful New Union, That’s All.
If you didn’t catch all the reporting-from-the-scenes [http://twitter.com/#!/freelancersu] #LobbyDay action on Twitter last week, I’ll fill you in on one our most successful advocacy actions…