The strike is over, and Etsy’s anemic response has inspired us to form an “Indie Sellers Guild” that will fill the role a union would fill in a traditional workplace. In this post, we’ll talk about what we’re planning for the organization, and what’s been going on behind-the-scenes to make it a reality.
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We organized a historic sellers strike in response to Etsy’s exploitative policies. Etsy’s non-response to us inspired us to keep going and form a guild.
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ISG has started an online magazine on the popular publishing platform, Medium, entitled “Creators Rising”The magazine aims to share stories from people who work in creative businesses in the platform economy. Join us in sharing your stories!
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A report in the media that Etsy announced a $40M bonus for CEO Josh Silverman right after a fee increase and our sellers strike.
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Howdy, Etsy sellers and supporters! Mattie and Valerie here with a quick update on the letter-writing campaign to communicate to Etsy the grievances we raised…
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The strike is over. Most of us are heading back to work now. Well, most of us were working during the strike too. Starting stores…
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Hello everyone! Last Monday, we sent Etsy a letter, detailing our demands and asking them to open a dialogue with us. Etsy ignored us. Today…
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Last night we discovered a tweet by Etsy’s founder, Rob Kalin. He broke a 7.5 year Twitter silence to come out in support of our…
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Yesterday was an utter whirlwind of media interview request after media interview request! My last interview personally was BBC, around 7PM last night. We sent…
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