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- From: bf455@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bonita Kale)
- Subject: Re: National Writers Union
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- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 10:40:04 GMT
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- References: <suzanne.68@mailhub.scf.lmsc.lockheed.com> <mtan-180892140046@maureen.cen.uiuc.edu>
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- In a previous article, suzanne@mailhub.scf.lmsc.lockheed.com (Suzanne Barrett) says:
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- >In article <mtan-180892140046@maureen.cen.uiuc.edu> mtan@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Maureen Tan) writes:
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- >>I just received another solicitation from the National Writers
- >>Union. From their literature, they seem a bit militant--are horror
- >>stories the way *all* unions encourage membership?-- and
- >>dues seem steep.
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- > I also received a packet from NWU at the suggestion of a friend. Since
- >it is a union, affiliated with the UAW, I question if this might not be
- >waving a red flag at prospective editors/publishers. I as much as anyone
- >would like to see advances and royalties fall within equitable boundaries (
- >i.e. provide the writer with an above-poverty-level lifestyle), and I'd
- >also like the benefit of insurance coverage when I quit my "real" job <VBG>,
- > but this scares me.
- > I enjoy my membership in RWA and find the benefits more than
- >offset the annual dues ($45.) Their magazine is quite good, and
- >improving with each issue.
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- Well, I too am leery of unions, but only because they seem to screw their
- members whenever possible. I'm now in a situation where I have to pay
- what's called a "fair share" of union dues, whether or not I belong. Let
- me tell you, this does not make me feel friendly towards unions in general.
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- BUT, it does not seem to me a proper part of a citizen of the US to refrain
- from joining any group lest someone should find out and blackball him/her.
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- Bonita Kale
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