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The Rate for the Job: updated 2019-11-22
Freelance updated 2020-01-21
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¶January 2020

* Photographers claim now DACS Payback 2020 by 24/02/20
* London Freelance annual reports Chair & more to come
* How will California's gig economy law pan out?
* What training do you want?
* Brexit update EU nationals' rights in self-employment 'disapplied' as UK exit nears
* Easy claiming of debts from Europe for now
* A higher minimum wage for freelances how would that work?
* LFB's festive seasonal end-of-year party a success
* LFB in solidarity with University of London lecturers on strike

¶December 2019 / PDFs: p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 ALL

* Reporting religion responsibly meeting report
* What picture editors want FT photo editor Helen Healy (short meeting report)
* Transcribers revolt at rev.com after rate cut
* Brexit update uncertainty, but Settled Status app for iPhone
* Insurance deals for NUJ members
* Don't let your membership go reduced subs
* Support Turkish journalists!
* Trade unionists targeted by spies report
* Video consortium meets in London again
* New member sees off retrospective rights grab NUJ helps
* Elections General Election monitoring and NUJ Councils
* Your rights as a worker get help
* Claim 'free money' for visual contributions now
* Nine days fighting for equal pay for Samira Ahmed
* Reviving radicalism the Claudia Jones lecture
* Delegate Meeting drill guide to the NUJ's 2020 conference
* New members meet next 30/01/20
* Warning to the self-employed: do your taxes! by 31/01/20
* The Trireme Award Belfast Telegraph

¶November 2019

* Put freelance fees up by 50 per cent orders Amsterdam judge
* What do picture editors want? meeting report
* Should you be getting holiday pay? Launch of NUJ campaign
* Nominations needed for seats on the NUJ bodies
* What training do you want? Tell your Branch!
*IFJ launches new insurance for journalists across the world
* Undercover cops and trade unions conference 16/11/19
* Confidence-building workshop save the date: 11/11/19
* Register to vote do it now - deadline 26/11/19
*Apologies for this website's downtime
* A festival for freelances in the Netherlands
* Festival of Italian Literature Members' discount! 2-3/11/19
* US small claims procedure edges closer amid shady lobbying
* Branch party time and raffle request for 09/12/19
* Meeting for members new to freelancing 31/10/19
* Second Video Consortium event 19/11/19

More Freelance features....

* Current contents all this year's articles
* The Freelance archive previous years' articles
* Attention! - NUJ members call before working for these
* Trireme Awards - for legendary stinginess
* The Gong - wake-up calls for late payers

Diary dates...

* London Freelance Branch meetings
* NUJ central events listing

Getting paid...

* The Rate for the Job
* Freelance Fees Guide suggested rates
* Interest & compensation calculator for late payers

Contacts...

* NUJ Freelance Directory
* Link up with the NUJ - register for client-specific alerts

Briefings and roundups

* A few things you should know about copyright
* Creators' Rights for all campaign documents
* Right to report handy list of articles