Press Releases
October 26, 2006
New Survey Overwhelmingly Shows that Independent Workers are Civically and Politically Engaged but Believe Elected Officials Do Not Understand the Critical Challenges They Face.
August 22, 2006
Freelancers Union Launches National Program Offering Insurance, Benefits & Other Services; New Form of Unionism Expands Social Safety Net for Independent Workers.
April 25, 2006
Freelancers Union Launches Survey to Provide a Comprehensive Profile of New York City's Independent Workforce.
March 28, 2006
Freelancers Union Sets Standards for Companies Hiring Freelancers.
September 19, 2005
New York City Freelancers: Working Without a Safety Net.
December 8, 2005
Brooklyn's Working Today - Freelancers Union Among Nations' Top Social Entrepreneurs in the 2006 Fast Company Monitor Group Social Capitaist Awards.
September 9, 2004
Working Today honors New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for his support of freelancer advocacy.
September 1, 2004
New York City freelancers vote for top-ten "Freelancer-Friendly" companies. With Labor Day as backdrop, Freelancers Union members name their top-ten employers; results point to "pay" and "work environment" as most important factors.
July 26, 2004
Caring for the Caregivers: Nannies in New York finally get access to affordable health insurance. Non-profit Working Today to be group-rate sponsor of affordable HMO coverage for Nannies.
July 23, 2004
Working Today Founder Sara Horowitz receives "Community Leadership Award" from City of New York.
July 19, 2004
Working Today makes its Freelancer health insurance available to alternative healthcare practitioners. Acupuncturists to Yoga Instructors and everything in between: self-employed alternative healthcare practitioners in New York get access to affordable HMO health insurance.
May 25, 2004
Educated, working, well paid… and no health insurance: a conundrum for growing freelance workforce in New York City. Staggering 84% of NYC's one million-plus independent workers have difficulty affording private health insurance, says Working Today survey results.
May 18, 2004
Hitting the F Train to connect with Freelancers: Working Today's Freelancers Union begins new advertising campaign on NYC Subways. Ads promote increasingly popular, affordable health insurance coverage available to New York's one million-plus independent workers.
December 8, 2003
The Orchard and Working Today's Freelancers Union announce revolutionary new partnership to provide musicians with low-cost health coverage.
May 1, 2003
Introducing Freelancers Union. Freelancers Union represents pioneering new chapter in labor organization for the modern worker.
March 5, 2003
Over one million of New York City's independent workers need help with health insurance costs. Advocacy group presents study to City Council identifying the gap between current premium rates and what independent workers can afford to pay.

