How to Beat the Boss: Games for Organisers

​Those with power have long used wargames to plan ahead, rehearse crises and get inside their opponents heads. Bosses, governments and militaries all employ these practices it. This event is about taking those tools and putting them to work for the labour movement.

​This session is for workplace organisers who want to try a different way of preparing for campaigns, training reps and building members’ confidence. Over the course of this event you’ll be given the opportunity to play a series of games designed around class struggle and worker organising and reflect on how similar approaches could be used in your organising.

​The session will open with a group discussion on serious games and wargaming as tools and testbeds for labour organising. From there, you’ll get hands-on with the games themselves and reflect together on how they could fit into your own union’s organising and education work.

​No gaming experience needed. Just bring your organising experience and your questions.

​Lunch will be provided by Games Transformed. This event is a joint event between Games Transformed, Class Wargames, Jarrow Insights, King's College London, Equity and IWGB.