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Recording artists like Lady Gaga, Drake and Nicki Minaj should unionize, says Steve Stoute, CEO of digital music distribution startup UnitedMasters.

“Artists have not been involved in the discussions about the rates they are getting [for streaming],” he said at the Axios BFD conference in New York. “Whether it’s formally called bahrain whatsapp resource a union or some committee that represents their values,” artists need “a formal discussion” for “these kinds of deals,” Stoute said.

fight for higher wages as streaming platforms use their content to fuel growth. Actors are working to earn 2% of the total revenue from streaming shows.

Meanwhile, some musicians are unionized, the LA Times notes. “The American Federation of Musicians [has] 80,000 members in the U.S. and Canada [and] collectively bargains with orchestral, film and theater musicians… But the vast majority of artists who dominate streaming charts and fill nightclubs, arenas and stadiums have no similar organization,” the newspaper writes.