My Financial Times column this week takes a look at the Hollywood screenwriters’ strike and the freelance walk-out at MTV Networks.
I argue that collective bargaining only has a limited role for professionals of this kind because the people who do best are those who negotiate their own contracts. But collective action has an emerging role outside the workplace – trade unions or mutual groups can organise health insurance and pension schemes both for employees and freelances.
You can read it here and post comments below.
