With a General Election fast-approaching on 4 July, we thought we’d answer a few questions we often get asked by our members.

WGGB is a trade union NOT affiliated to a political party. This means we are strictly governed by Electoral Commission rules, and our own rulebook too. Our members have a broad range of views. We therefore cannot, and do not, seek to influence how our members vote or indeed support any specific political party.

As a trade union, however, we do believe in the importance of democracy and making individual voices heard to effect change at the collective level. You can find out useful information about voter ID (which you’ll need to have to vote at a polling station) here. Polling stations will be open from 7am to 10pm on Thursday 4 July.

While there are restrictions in place in the run-up to the election, we wanted to reassure you that business will be continuing as normal with our campaigning and negotiating work. We have also launched a WGGB manifesto to make the case to all political parties of the importance of writers to the UK economy and creative ecology (find out more here). Our lobbying and policy work will step up post-election too. Your union thrives on members like you getting involved on committees, in campaigns and other activity to make the UK a better place for all writers. If you’d like to get more active in your union, drop a line to john@writersguild.org.uk

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