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UMAW is thrilled to share what we’ve been working on for the last few years: The Living Wage for Musicians Act, with co-lead sponsors @RepRashida and @JamaalBowmanNY 💪
weareumaw.org/make-streaming…
United Musicians and Allied Workers
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United Musicians and Allied Workers
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United Musicians and Allied Workers (UMAW). Join us!
Joined April 2020
- Chappell Roan is completely correct! Musicians are workers, and we deserve fair payment & dignity in our workplace. UMAW introduced the Living Wage for Musicians Act with Rep. Rashida Tlaib to build a fairer music industry and increase wages for musicians. weareumaw.org/make-streaming…
00:00 - One stat you won’t find in your Spotify Wrapped is how much artists are paid for all that listening on the platform. The max possible in 2023 is $0.003 per stream. And in 2024, Spotify will stop paying anything AT ALL for 2/3 of the tracks on the platform.
- As of April 1st, Spotify has demonetized any track on the platform that receives less than 1000 streams per year. That’s an estimated 86% of tracks on the platform. This new policy will impact small artists the most — the same artists that Spotify claims to support.
- Today we are launching our campaign to demand justice at Spotify. Join us and hundreds of musicians and music workers that have already signed on to our demands! unionofmusicians.org/justice-at-spo…
- Last year we launched spotifyunwrapped.org to expose just how little Spotify pays artists. Spotify's legal team demanded that the site be taken down.
- Spotify wrapped up their year by continuing to pay music workers sub-poverty wages. Sign onto our demands for fair pay, transparency, and more at unionofmusicians.org/justice-at-spo…
- Spotify is trying to classify working musicians who aren’t benefiting from their streaming model as “amateurs.” Whether you’re an underpaid working professional or just getting started, all musicians deserve to be paid fairly for streaming.
- RIP Steve Albini, whose piece “The Problem With Music” (1993) still rings true in 2024.
- Replying to @UMAW_“Record labels need to treat their artists as valuable employees with a livable wage and health insurance and protection. Labels, we got you, but do you got us?" -@ChappellRoan
- It’s time for streaming services to be regulated! Pay artists what we’re worth!Huh. Wonder how musicians who get $0.003 per stream feel.
- The music industry is in crisis. It’s incredibly difficult to be a financially stable musician, even for those selling out tours or with millions of streams. All the industry money is flowing to a few giant corporations. We need to organize for major change & our fair share!
- BREAKING: Austin Parks and Rec Board unanimously passes a recommendation that @sxsw be required to pay fair rates to musicians. This is a massive victory and a huge step.
