Obama for America in Hot Water Over Spec Design Contest

Those against spec work have been fighting an unlikely target of late: President Obama. In case you missed any of the anger, the story goes is that Obama for America organization recently launched a poster design competition called “Art Works,” which would help promote the President’s jobs bill. The irony, of course, is that the winners of said contest won’t be paid, i.e. like a real “job” would traditionally provide. Instead, the three winners picked by the campaign will receive a print of their poster signed by Obama.