NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/misc/jobs/contract/4174

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From: [e-mail] (Bruce Hartford)
Subject: Tech Writer Job Listings (Staff/Contract) SF Bay Area. [Writers Union]
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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 18:49:56 GMT
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The technical writers job bank of the National Writers Union
lists many contract and staff writing jobs that go begging
because we have no one to fill them. We are currently listing 8
contract and 14 staff jobs

To hear a free description of these jobs, call [phone].

The job bank is a non-profit cooperative effort organized by working
technical writers who are members of the National Writers Union.
Employers list their job openings on the hotline for free. When
union members are interested in a job, our coordinator gives them
the employer's name and phone number. Then the member negotiates
directly with the employer. The union does not act as a middle
man or broker. The union plays no role in the contract or terms
agreed to between the writer and the employer. When members get a
job through a hotline lead, they pay a finders fee of 12% of the
first four months income. (Compare that to brokers who usually
take a third of what the employer pays for the life of the
contract.)

You must be an NWU member to obtain the contact information about
a job listed on the hotline. We are the trade union that covers
all working writers (journalists, book authors, poets, technical
and practical writers, etc.) except for those represented by the
Newspaper, Screenwriters, or Dramatists Guilds. In addition to
the job bank, the union provides many other services including
union health plan, career networking, publishers and agents
databases, and grievance handling (we've recovered almost
$700,000 owed to writers). We are a national union with locals in
12 cities across the country. We have been in existence for 10
years and we are an affiliate of the UAW/AFL/CIO. Union dues are
on a sliding scale based on your writing income, from a low of
$35 for 6 months to a high of $150 per year.

For membership information, or to speak with Kenya Briggs, the
hotline coordinator, call [phone].

National Writers Union, Local-3
236 West Portal Ave #232
San Francisco, CA 94127
Phone:[phone]
Fax:  [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]


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Bruce Hartford                             Westwind Writers Inc.
Phone: [phone]                        Fax: [phone]
Internet: [e-mail]       Location: San Francisco, CA