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 Wolverhampton, Bilston & District Trades Union Council organises teams of local trade unionists to work on bars at music festivals to raise our funds for our campaigning work.
We recruit local trade unionists - if you are interested in working future festivals, YOU MUST SUPPLY the following info:
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name
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address
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mobile number
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email
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photo in jpeg 640x480 format
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date of birth
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next of kin
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name of trade union that you are a member of (you must be a trade union member to apply) - we will need a reference from your union.
Send this information to Wolves TUC Secretary by email from the CONTACT US page on this website
if you have already worked for us then just send any updated details you have.
The sooner you reply, the more chance there is of getting on.
What is expected of you?
· to work 6 hour shifts each day of a festival on a
· bar, pulling or serving pints, no experience needed
· hard work, reliability and a sense of humour
· if you offer to work, you must definitely be available
· transport - if not, there's usually space in a car
· you'll also need a tent for the weekend festivals
. your name, address, email, mobile via CONTACTS page of this site
. send by post or email your photo (passport type - this is new security by WBCo.)
What do you get?
· free entry to a festival (worth £100+)
· free meal and 2 pints each day
· subsidised bar, open until you drop
· hot showers and flush toilets
· free festival T-shirt
· secure camping
What's it all for?
Wolverhampton TUC gets £6.50/hour for each worker from the Workers' Beer Company. For over a decade we sent volunteers to work at festivals and raise about £2,000 each year which has allowed us to increase our activity. This extra money is spent on solidarity to strikers, coaches to national demos, advertising, general recruitment campaigning and other events that they help organise such as May Day. This money is crucial to our work so we must be careful about who works for us.
If anything goes wrong then we run the risk of losing ALL future work and income. By recruiting local trade unionists we have a link as a trades union council and logistically it is so much simpler, so for this reason unfortunately we do not accept volunteers from outside our local geographical remit.
What is the Workers' Beer Company?
The WBC was set up by Wandsworth and Battersea Trades Union Council in the 80s, they run the beer tents and bars and organise and promote music festivals. They have paid well over £3million directly to grassroots organisations such as trades union branches, campaigning groups, solidarity organisations and voluntary groups, who provide hundreds of workers each summer.
About the Workers Beer Company
The Company runs beer tents at large outdoor events,
and promotes music festivals and other events to raise money for the labour movement.
Started in the 1980s, the Company grew up in the harsh years of Thatcher, building partnerships with organisations of the left, but also with commercial organisations, in order to generate the funds needed to campaign for a better quality of life for working people. Thousands of volunteers work in Workers Beer Company bars, pouring and serving drinks to fund the activities of their groups. The Workers Beer Company has paid millions of pounds directly to grassroots organisations - trades union branches, campaigning groups and solidarity organisations for the work of their volunteers.
The Company's unique blend of commerce, fun and fundraising has captured the imagination of the many people who have come into contact with it, and WBC banners are now a common site at some of the largest music events in the UK and beyond. Glastonbury, Leeds & Reading, Latitude etc
Apart from the large events, the Company is also involved in smaller trades union and community events, offering its expertise to unions, local authorities and voluntary groups to ensure their events go smoothly.
The Bread & Roses in Clapham is the Company's first pub, an award-winning free house in Clapham, where the ethos of the Company continues throughout the year. Staff in the pub are not volunteers like those on site, but are covered by a model union agreement for pub staff, negotiated with UNITE, offering staff proper sick pay, holiday pay and perhaps the best wage rate in the country.
For further information about the Workers Beer Company, CLICK HERE or visit their website via the links on this website.
Warning!
Over the last few years everyone who applied for a festival worked it apart from Glastonbury which is always the most popular. Unfortunately there is no 100% guarantee of a full allocation of all the places on the teams that are requested, due to the popularity of these events. You should know one way or another about a month before each event.
We only recruit local trade unionists prepared to support our aims and campaigns.
2010 festivals worked: Glastonbury & Leeds Festival |
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