In the Labour block of episodes of the podcast series, Conversations with Aliens of Extraordinary Ability, we try to better understand the working conditions in the cultural and creative sector in Norway through conversations with artist union representatives, researchers and artists.

In this episode, Steffen Håndlykken, the leader of Young Artists' Society/Unge Kunstneres Samfund and I (Prerna Bishnoi) focus on the goals and grounds on which UKS was founded, the influences they had from other labour unions like farming and fishery, the history of collective bargaining in the arts, the rise and transformation of the Guaranteed Minimum Income and its relations to the dream of a Universal Basic Income, and as UKS turns 100 years, what their future policies might hold.

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