Unionizing The Chicago Literary Scene
One Union After Another
Have you ever introduced one of your closest friends to another and they hit it off instantly? That’s how I feel right now as my two faves have finally started to unite, literature and labor unions.
Long time readers may know about my own experience a while back trying to organize the bookstore and while it was unsuccessful, I’m proud to say that many others have succeeded where I couldn’t.
Literary workers across Chicago, from publishers to booksellers, have started to organize and fight back. Workers are no longer willing to accept the bare minimum because frankly, the bare minimum ain’t enough to survive.
A few days ago, workers at the University of Chicago Press (UCP Workers Guild) announced their plans to unionize. Originally reported at Publishers Weekly, the union will be the first in the company’s 130 year history. They will join workers at Oxford University Press and Duke University Press and use their collective pow…
