A new Industry Coordinating Committee (ICC) has been formed by the AFL/CIO to coordinate growth in the arts, entertainment, media and broadcast industries. The convergence of all media and quick technology shifts have created a challenging environment for the workers in those industries. The ICC hopes to bring togethers unions from related fields to wield more negotiating power. Excerpts from the article:

"For the first time, all of the major AFL-CIO unions in these sectors will work together to devise joint organizing and collective bargaining strategies in conjunction with their long-standing collaborative work on legislation and public policy," said Paul Almeida, President of the federation's Department for Professional Employees.

The 10 unions that are part of the new ICC are: Actors' Equity Association (AEA), American Federation of Musicians (AFM), American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), Communications Workers of America (CWA), International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET-CWA), Screen Actors Guild (SAG), The Newspaper Guild (TNG-CWA) and the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE). Combined, these unions represent nearly one million workers in these sectors.

WOW! That's a big union, paw-paw!

Click here to read the article over at the Music Industry News Network.

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