The Strand Book Store has reached a tentative contract agreement with its staff union, putting an end to a strike that stretched through the weekend and most of Monday, December 9. The agreement secures an additional $0.50 an hour above minimum wage for base level pay, among other changes. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
Since September 2023, the book criticism working group of the Freelance Solidarity Project (a union of digital media workers, organizing to raise labor standards across the industry) has been collecting data on freelance rates. Its findings, published earlier this month, are pretty damn bleak.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-06-20 20:53:12 UTC ]
Writing doesn’t pay. According to a report released last year by the Royal Society for Literature and the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society, most writers earn below the minimum wage. The numbers are stark: two thirds of writers earn between £100 and £10,000. Only 5% of writers can expect... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-21 05:32:29 UTC ]
Amazon has increased its minimum wage to £10.50 in the London area and £9.50 for the rest of the UK, whilst also raising all US wages. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Median annual income of professional writers is now under £10,500—down by 15% since 2013—according to ALCS research, with hourly rates well below minimum wage. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The majority of booksellers’ profitability has not been hit by the increase in the minimum wage which was implemented in April 2016. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Report finds average earnings for British authors are just £12,500, with legal protections among the worst in EuropeAs publishing prepares for the Christmas rush, with a blizzard of titles due for launch this week on “Super Thursday”, a European commission report has shown that life is less than... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the ABA town hall, booksellers raised a range of issues, from paying a living wage to whether cover prices should be removed from books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Minimum wage, selling used books, a better search engine, financing for new booksellers, and an ongoing conversation on race and class were among booksellers' concerns. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The proposed rise in the Minimum Wage announced by chancellor George Osborne in his recent budget will “hit indies hardest”, booksellers have said. Osborne said the Minimum Wage for people aged 25 and over would rise to £7.20 per hour in April 2016 (it is currently £6.50 per hour for those aged... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The high energy that has marked Winter Institute carried over into sessions where booksellers spoke about the challenges ahead, from dealing with minimum wage increase laws to creating a more equal partnership with publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
This February saw 21 provinces in China hiking their minimum wage, many by double digits. Inland provinces like Henan, Anhui, Sichuan, and Guangxi saw the largest hikes, ranging from 22% to 35%. Manufacturing hub Shenzhen, which had the biggest one-time wage hike of the past 19 years in March... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]