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A wave of workers-first rhetoric is sweeping through pop. Can SAG-AFTRA and the AFM capitalize on it? This clearly poses a challenge to these unions. It’s crucial for these organizations to exploit the growing militancy of their potential membership.

Major labels pay women 30 percent less than men, the industry's workforce is 70 percent male, and only 14 percent of U.S. music festival performers are women.