The Labour Art and Media Working Group
Organization profile published 1986

Year Published:  1986  
Resource Type:  Organization
Cx Number:  CX3031
Inactive/Defunct Organization
Abstract:  THE LABOUR, ARTS AND MEDIA WORKING GROUP was formed in November 1982, by a group of artists and trade unionists who share a belief that working people have been denied a role in the cultural history and life of our society. The group wants to see art that expresses the reaility of everyday working life, and media that cesase to characterize working people as clumsy, uneducated, and always on strike. It advocates improved income and working conditions for artists, and the promotion of cultural work of union members.

Since its founding, The Labour, Arts and Media Working Group has sponsored a forum on Arts and Labour; prsented a brief to the Ontario Government's Special Committee on the Arts; promoted Life on the Line, a Canadian play about employemnt; and consulted with unions on how to incorporate the arts into education and political campaigns.

This organization no longer exists.
This abstract was published in the Connexions Digest in 1986.
See also CX2995.