Fair Work Contract

We will campaign to embed Fair Work framework through a series of workshops to raise awareness of Fair Work in the visual arts. The new pay rates and contract guidance materials produced will be used to organise & support our membership around challenging unfair work in their professional lives.

We will apply the Fair Work framework to the workplace within the collaborative economy and/or precarious employment sectors where workers are unlikely to be covered by collective bargaining and non-traditional models of employment prevail.

• Run TWO workshop consultations based on Fair Work framework with members across Scotland to ensure coverage by geography, art practice and professional experience.
  
  
• Use insight from workshops to develop new pay guidance rates for artists in Scotland and create a legally robust contract guidelines/template for artists to use in negotiating fairer work agreements.
  
  
• Produce an ‘Artists’ Rights’ card to promote the contract.
  
  
• Deliver THREE workshops to members, prospective members and stakeholders on how to use the new document to protect the rights of workers in contract negotiations:
  
  
  • Artists Session -  address the issue of unfair work specific to artists working in Scotland and how contract can help strengthen the position of artists in negotiating for work.
    
    
  • Sector Session - Collaborate with creative industry unions to raise awareness across the sector, share approaches and campaign for fair work.
    
    
  • Young Worker Session - Raise awareness with art school/college students and graduates of issues, working with STUC Young Workers project to build union membership.
     

This campaign is supported by the Scottish Trades Union Congress' Fair Work & Modernisation Fund. This campaign will:

• Raise awareness of unfair work practices for members
• Provide legally robust documentation for members when negotiating contracts and pay
• Deliver a means to protect workers’ rights and support fairer work practice
• Promote fair work practice throughout the sector in Scotland by promoting the Fair Work Contract as a standard for the whole visual arts sector

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