Comments on: Are DJ’s Becoming Teamsters???

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By: DJ Chima's Chimblog

DJ Chima's Chimblog — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:34:57 +0000

Teamsters Union for DJs…

I’m not sure how effective a union for DJs will be, unless they actually manage to recruit a significant number of DJ’s. If one unionized DJ demands higher pay the venue will likely just move on to the next DJ. Sad, but it’s reality.
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By: Clyde Smith

Clyde Smith — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:29:01 +0000

The Million DJ March was a little nutty, if well intentioned, if only because the idea of a million dj’s showing up for anything is rather unlikely.

But unionizing or creating collective bargaining forces doesn’t have to lead to the travesty of the Teamsters Union.

For example, they can do things like identifying people who don’t pay dj’s properly, spread the word and possibly force some change in that area.

They can also do things like establish a basis for group health insurance so that some of these dj’s can get a better deal.

Those are just two examples of things that organizing together around common interests can produce whereas getting a million dj’s to give up their income for a weekend for a cause that didn’t seem all that clear certainly struck me as doomed to failure from the start despite the positivity of that project.