Unionization!
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- adamfinger0
e-pill,
The Freelancer's Union isn't a union at all. It's a non-profit organization aimed at providing freelancer's with reduced-cost medical coverage. It may serve immediate needs, but it's purpose is not to organize designers against exploitation (a term that unfortunately seems to be reserved only for extreme cases like sweatshops these days).
There are real unions out there that would be more than willing to embrace designers, including freelancers. But as it stands, I could potentially organize my workplace into a union only to be collectively fired and replaced with a non-union staff. In other words, unionization has to be more broadly accepted before it becomes effective.
I know of freelance designers that are members of the Communication Workers of America (AFL-CIO). But as individuals, I don't know what advantages it membership brings them. Perhaps its simply symbolic.