Quote, unquote: why freelancers need professional help getting rates up

Forcing big media outfits like Rogers & Transcon & CanWest and Torstar to pay more to freelancers seems an impossible task to most writers I know. Of course, writing a densely-researched, skilfully nuanced 3,000 word feature is impossible for most people who aren’t professional journalists. My point is, that’s what professional union people do for a living and if musicians & actors can be