Current measures of the economy and workforce fail to account for the fact that self-employed arts workers operate in the grey area between worker and business. In many cases, they are both. Like many other self-employed gig workers across industries, artists tend to be excluded from policies intended to support workers, while also falling through the cracks of programs intended to support businesses. We need a system of protection that covers all workers, regardless of how they work. This includes advancing research and collective action on the following:

• Guaranteed Income 
• Disability Insurance
• Paid Leave