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The current systems are built to give impunity to evil men like this. We, musicians and music workers, have the power to change what’s acceptable in the music industry (and in the world)! We can rebuild.

On the left, Casey Wasserman, CEO of Wasserman talent agency, who was recently damningly exposed in the Epstein files. Wasserman represents hundreds of musicians.

On the right, genocidaire Netanyahu, the war criminal who has overseen the murder of 400,000 Palestinians.

The music industry is built on misogyny and abuse. We, musicians and music workers, have the power to dismantle these systems and rebuild together.

Casey Wasserman, founder of Wasserman talent agency, is in the Epstein files. His involvement is extremely clear and damning. Wasserman represents hundreds of the most well-known names in music.

Bad Bunny, Kehlani, Billie Eilish, and more spoke out at the Grammys against ICE terror. Fuck ICE! Abolish ICE now!

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If your organization would like to join the coalition, please email us at admin@weareumaw.org!

Tell Congress to pass the Living Wage for Musicians Act! Spotify and other music streaming services must pay artists fairly. Musicians create the enormous wealth that streaming companies like Spotify generate for their CEOs and the major record record labels year after year. But while the rich keep getting richer in the mus...

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Thank you to our current partners at More Perfect Union, The Labor Force, Civic Shout, Hip Hop Caucus, Progress America, Inequality Media Civic Action, TakeItBack.org, The Juggernaut Project, People Power United, HollywoodDemocrats, and Democracy for America Action Fund.

If your organization would like to join the coalition, please email us at admin@weareumaw.org.

This week, UMAW launched a massive coalition action with 11 other partner groups calling for the passage of the Living Wage for Musicians Act, the bill to finally make streaming services pay artists fairly. Join us and take action at the link below.

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UMAW stands with Minneapolis students in calling for a national day of action tomorrow, January 30th. Text “organize” to 88504 for your walkout toolkit. Find what’s happening in your area! 💪

Marcos Flores, bassist for Denver-based shoegaze band Summer of Peril, has been in ICE custody for over a month. Marcos must be released IMMEDIATELY and ICE must be abolished.

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Shreea Kaul is correct - streaming services like Spotify are exploiting human artists. AI music is just slop. We need the Living Wage for Musicians Act NOW and real protections against AI.

ABOLISH ICE NOW!

We agree, @reprashida.govpeeps.us — ABOLISH ICE NOW

Tell Congress to Support The Living Wage for Musicians Act! Write a letter to your members of Congress urging them to support the Living Wage for Musicians Act! The bill would create a new streaming royalty paid directly to artists, bypassing powerful pla...

Tell your reps to co-sponsor the LWMA: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

We say it’s time for a change. Use the link in our bio and story to contact your reps and tell them to co-sponsor the Living Wage for Musicians Act, sponsored by @reprashida.govpeeps.us The LWMA would be the biggest material gain for artists since the beginning of the streaming era.

We need the Living Wage for Musicians Act to get artists paid fairly for streaming. More and more often, artists rely solely on touring for income since streaming pays poverty wages. But as the costs of touring continue to rise, the burden falls on musicians to make it work.

Use the link below to tell your reps to co-sponsor the LWMA and join the ever-growing list of sponsors! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Thank you @reptroycarter.bsky.social for standing with artists! 💪

Tell Congress to Support The Living Wage for Musicians Act! Write a letter to your members of Congress urging them to support the Living Wage for Musicians Act! The bill would create a new streaming royalty paid directly to artists, bypassing powerful pla...

We need the Living Wage for Musicians Act now. Use the link below and tell your reps to co-sponsor the LWMA: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Tell Congress to Support The Living Wage for Musicians Act! Write a letter to your members of Congress urging them to support the Living Wage for Musicians Act! The bill would create a new streaming royalty paid directly to artists, bypassing powerful pla...

Tell your reps to co-sponsor the LWMA: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

This is stolen art. AI slop is for losers. Support human artists making real human art, not AI imitations.

The Living Wage for Musicians Act would ONLY pay human artists. AI tracks would not be eligible for the new royalty.

5.1tn annual music streams... but 120.5m tracks had 10 or fewer Music-biz number-cruncher Luminate has published its year-end report for 2025, with plenty of stats for the industry to chew over.

Read the article here: musically.com/2026/01/15/5...

In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.

The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.

Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.

Via @dadadrummer.bsky.social