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Campaign For a Fairer Industry

Protect musicians’ jobs, improve pay and conditions, and keep music live! Explore all the Union's campaigns and how you can get involved

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Campaign For a Fairer Industry

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Dawn Butler MP Backs London Buskers Campaign

Dawn Butler MP shared her support for Musicians’ Union members campaigning for new viable and accessible pitches after a court ruling banned busking in Leicester Square.

Published: 15 October 2025

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Organise your workplace or local music community

"Put that @x!*ing money back right now" 

What does the UK public think of music streaming royalties? Watch on TikTok and share.

@wearethemu "Put that @x!*ing money back right now" What does the British public think of music streaming royalty splits - and the fact that some musicians get nothing at all? #FixStreaming Featuring the song "When I Give You My Love" by Sherika Sherard Video description: a musician busks to a decent crowd on the South Bank in London. Some people in the audience are filming, scanning the QR code to give money and putting money in the open guitar case. Then a smartly dressed man approaches and starts to take the money. The busker stops him and the crowd starts shouting at him. He comes back to take more. A man from the audience marches over, grabs the smartly dressed man's hand and forces him to put the money back. The busker and smartly dressed man explain that it is a stunt and call attention to how music streaming royalties are split. The smart man gives back the money and everyone cheers. This is followed by voxpops of people from the audience talking about how music royalty splits makes them feel as fans and consumers of music #Musicians #MusicStreaming #BrokenRecord#MusicIndustry #MusicBusiness #MusiciansUnion ♬ original sound - WeAreTheMU

Music streaming sucks if you're a non-featured artist like Rachel Bolt

Non featured artists deserve a fair share from music streaming. Watch on Instagram and share.

Why might Snoop Dogg be doing so many commercials all of a sudden?

We need a better deal for all musicians and music creators from streaming. Watch on Instagram and share.

Ending coercive buyouts for media composers

Fair Score is a campaign to end coercive buyouts and make the commissioning landscape fair for you – in partnership with The Ivors Academy.

Watch the video and find out more.

Take action against buyouts

Ending coercive buyouts for media composers
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