Politics for the Many

Musicians' Union Delegate Conference - Liverpool
2025-07-22 - 2025-07-23
The MU’s next biennial Delegate Conference will be held at the Hilton Hotel, City Centre Liverpool, on Tuesday 22 July and Wednesday 23 July 2025
Conference is an exciting event that gives members the chance to produce new MU policy, guide the future work of the MU, engage in debate on the issues that matter to them most and ensure that the MU is working for all members, all of the time.
Past conferences have seen members set the agenda on issues such as: streaming, better representation of marginalised musicians, lobbying for arts funding, protecting BBC Introducing, advocating for instrumental music tuition, and informing members about photo ID for voting purposes. Conference is your chance to support the MU in creating a fairer, more equitable industry and trade union for all musicians.
At conference you will hear all about the work the MU has undertaken over the past two years and hear from industry speakers and MPs. You’ll also have plenty of time to network and connect with other members.
Catch up on what happened at the last Delegate Conference in 2023.

TUC Congress 2025 - Brighton
2025-09-07 - 2025-09-10 | Online
The 157th annual TUC Congress will be held on 7 – 10 September 2025, Brighton.

Information for sponsors, exhibitors and fringe organisers
TUC Congress over the years

Wigan Diggers Festival
2025-09-13
We are looking forward to this year’s festival, more information to follow soon, please put the date in your diaries, and hopefully see you all then.

GMB - Hear from experts and ask questions
2025-09-17 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Online
Support for electoral reform is growing and as a GMB member, we need your help to bring the rest of the GMB on board.
Please will you consider taking our motion to your Branch meeting for GMB Congress 2026?
Before doing so, we appreciate that you may want more information so we have organised an online session exclusively for GMB members where you can hear from experts and ask questions. Here are the details:
Date: Wednesday 17th September 2025
Time: 6pm to 7pm
The meeting will be on the following link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87828707934?pwd=[REDACTED]
Who supports electoral reform?

The latest British Social Attitudes survey shows that 60% of the British public now support proportional representation (PR).
The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Fair Elections is the largest APPG in Parliament.
ASLEF, BFAWU, FBU, Musicians Union, PCS, Prospect, TSSA, UCU, Unison, Unite and USDAW support electoral reform. CWU is holding a national policy forum to discuss the merits of adopting a PR election process this autumn.

Next steps
Papers calling for motions will be sent to GMB branches from head office in October. All you need to do is let your Branch Secretary know that you will be coming to the next meeting with a motion to discuss.
We will give you all the help you need to support you through the GMB policy-making process – all you need to do is ask.
We hope you can join us on 17th September. Meanwhile, please do have a read of our updated Trade Union Case for Political Reform.

CWU - Discuss the merits of adopting a PR election process
2025-09-23 18:00 - 19:00 | Online
Support for electoral reform is growing and CWU is planning a national policy forum for the autumn to ‘discuss the merits of adopting a PR election process’. This is in line with motion 56 which was unanimously passed at CWU’s conference in 2022.
We appreciate that you may want more information about electoral reform so we have organised an online session exclusively for CWU members where you can hear from experts and ask questions. Here are the details:
Date: Wednesday 23rd September 2025
Time: 6pm to 7pm
Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86567237376?pwd=[REDACTED]
Who supports electoral reform?

The latest British Social Attitudes survey shows that 60% of the British public now support proportional representation (PR).
The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Fair Elections is the largest APPG in Parliament.
ASLEF, BFAWU, FBU, Musicians Union, PCS, Prospect, TSSA, UCU, Unison, Unite and USDAW support electoral reform. CWU is holding a national policy forum to discuss the merits of adopting a PR election process this autumn.

Next steps
We will let you know when we find out more about the policy forum and give you all the help you need to support you through CWU’s policy-making process – all you need to do is ask.
We hope you can join us on 23rd September. Meanwhile, please do have a read of our updated Trade Union Case for Political Reform.

Making Social Media Videos to Stop the Far Right - online
2025-12-09 14:00 - 15:30
Far right narratives and hate dominate our digital spaces, on TikTok, Insta and Facebook. This must change – and you can change it. Trade union members like you can make powerful social media videos – videos that can turn the tide and stop the far right.
This 90-minute online session will introduce how short, authentic videos can shift the narrative and strengthen solidarity.
This training is aimed at both public sector workers and industrial & manufacturing workers
This hands-on workshop will

Teach you to use your phone to make quality videos
Learn what makes social videos effective — how to hook attention, land your message, and inspire action
Includes intro to scripting, filming and editing social media videos that cut through.

By the end of the 90 minute session, you’ll leave with the confidence, practical skills and tools to start making progressive social media videos.
The session will be co-run by Richard Roaf and Craig Stewart. Richard has years of experience of making viral videos, and training thousands of people to produce social content that reaches big audiences and changes the world. Craig is a former petrochemical worker and now Project Officer at TUC, who has started producing powerful social media videos in 2025.

Webinar: Building worker voices online - taster session
2025-12-09 17:00 - 18:00 | Online
Dangerous far-right narratives are spreading faster than ever across social media. These are shaping opinions, sowing division and targeting workers and young people. Trade unionists know the challenge we face, and we know we need workers’ voices front and centre of the response.
In November, more than 500 union reps joined our webinar on making social videos to counter far-right narratives – showing the huge appetite across our movement to get involved and take action.
Launching the Workers Voice Network
To build on this momentum, we are launching the Workers Voice Network – a course that will train and support workers to safely create impactful digital content that challenges harmful and divisive narratives online.
The eight-week online programme combines expert-led skills development with ongoing support and mentoring throughout. Through a mix of one-hour workshops, creative tasks and mentoring, participants will learn how to create videos for platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, how content spreads, and how to use trends, hooks and framing to communicate persuasively.
Sneak preview and influencer advice
We’re hosting a 60-minute taster webinar, giving you a sneak preview of the upcoming Workers Voice Network and featuring a content creator who’s successfully built real influence online by challenging harmful narratives. They’ll share their journey, tips, and honest insights on what works. You’ll get to ask them questions, as well as find out more from us about the Workers’ Voices Network.
In this taster session, you’ll:

Understand why worker led videos are so important in pushing back on far-right narratives
Get a broad overview of what makes particular videos so effective
Hear from a content creator who has built their profile and makes genuinely impactful videos
Have the chance to ask questions about the upcoming Workers Voice Network

We’re looking forward to seeing you in December!
