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Almost time for the next On Discrimination: Debriefs session with the MU’s Deputy General Secretary Naomi Pohl and Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Official John Shortell! Tune in live on Insta @shesaid_so or keep an eye out here for our updates #BehindEveryMusician #WHD2020
“We all use these terms every day... but the legal definitions don’t always overlap with what we think” - Mischon de Reya’s Louise talks through direct and indirect discrimination #WHM2020
MU members often come to us with their experiences of maternity / pregnancy discrimination and disability discrimination. Find out more about protected characteristics > musiciansunion.org.uk/Home/About-Us/… #WHM2020
Sexual harassment includes a wide range of behaviours like:

▶️ sexual jokes, comments & gestures
▶️ staring or leering
▶️ intrusive questions about a person’s private or sex life, & discussing your own

Find out more at musiciansunion.org.uk/Home/Advice/Yo… #WHM2020
Who is protected?

Freelancers like musicians are not always covered by the laws that protect people from sexual harassment at work.

Sign the petition to #ProtectFreelancersToo ➡️ megaphone.org.uk/petitions/end-…

#WHM2020
“It’s particularly difficult in the music industry... to draw the line between what’s personal and what’s work” - Louise

We’ve seen examples including musicians being harassed at hotels while on tour. It counts, and you can report it.

➡️ musiciansunion.org.uk/safespace #WHM2020
▶️ 48% of musicians we surveyed have lexperienced sexual harassment at work

▶️ 58% have witnesses it

▶️ 1 in 3 said their experience was linked to a protected characteristic & more than 20% said they were not sure

We want to change that. #WHM2020

musiciansunion.org.uk/Home/News/2019…
▶️ 85% musicians we surveyed who experienced sexual harassment did not report it.

▶️ 61% believe freelancers are at greater risk.

“There just aren’t the protections in law for freelance workers that there should be” - Naomi

Read more at musiciansunion.org.uk/Home/News/2019… #WHM2020
“We spend a lot of time thinking ‘do we really have to tell you this?’ but we do” - John.

Examples range from having to inform an artist that blackface is wrong, to telling engagers that they shouldn’t ask female musicians to dress in hotpants or as barbie dolls.

#WHM2020
Thid party harassment is also a big issue: 47% of musicians told us they had been harassed by a third party at work.

It used to be in the Equality Act, says John, but it was taken away a couple of years ago. We want it back without any 3 strikes rule.

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It’s not that the music industry is particularly bad, it’s that it has very specific challenges says Naomi.

With that, we’re done for this evening!

If you experience sexual harassment in the music industry, you can report it in confidence to safespace@theMU.org

#WHM2020
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So I wanted to close tonight by talking a bit about how I got involved in #diversity #equity #inclusion efforts in #STEM and otherwise, and some general considerations for getting involved, especially as a white, hetero, cisgender individual.
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THREAD. Balanced teams vs. "diversity".

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