# How UMAW is leading the labor movement to save the music industry.

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Podcast: [The Other 22 Hours](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-other-22-hours-6074570)
Published: 2025-12-29T12:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.theother22hours.com/episodes/umaw-8ZcH7XzI
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## Resource

UMAW (the United Musicians and Allied Workers) is a labor organization that 'Aims to organize music workers to fight for a more just music industry and to join with other workers in the struggle for a better society.' Their campaigns include Fair Pay at SXSW, #MyMerch (raising awareness of venues taking an unfair cut), Justice at Spotify, and probably most prominently, The Living Wage For Musicians Act sponsored by Rep Rashida Tlaib in the US Congress currently. We talk with a representative from UMAW - Damon Krukowski (a working musician, and a founder of late 80's indie rocker band Galaxie 500) about who UMAW is, what they are fighting for, and how we can all join the fight.

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