Recovered from FSRN’s earlier site via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. The audio here is FSRN’s own production recording. Originally published June 11, 2009.
Go to your local coffee shop, and you can probably find Fair Trade coffee. Fair Trade certification lets you know that the farmers were paid a decent wage for their work. But can you get the same guarantees for the musician playing at the coffee shop? A union in Portland, Oregon, is launching a campaign to ensure working musicians earn a living wage for their labors as well. Deena Prichep reports.
