Join the Industrial Workers of the World

http://www.iww.org/

The IWW is a member-run union for all workers, a union dedicated to organizing on the job, in our industries and in our communities. IWW members are organizing to win better conditions today and build a world with economic democracy tomorrow. We want our workplaces run for the benefit of workers and communities rather than for a handful of bosses and executives.

We are the Industrial Workers of the World because we organize industrially.

This means we organize all workers producing the same goods or providing the same services into one union, rather than dividing workers by skill or trade, so we can pool our strength to win our demands together. Since the IWW was founded in 1905, we have made significant contributions to the labor struggles around the world and have a proud tradition of organizing across gender, ethnic and racial lines long before such organizing was popular.

We invite you to become a member whether or not the IWW happens to have representation rights in your workplace. We organize the worker, not the job, and recognize that unions are not about government certification or employer recognition but about workers coming together to address common concerns.

Sometimes this means refusing to work with dangerous equipment and chemicals.

Sometimes it means striking or signing a contract. Other times it mean agitating around particular issues or grievances in a workplace or industry.

The IWW is a democratic, member-run union. That means members decide what issues to address, and which tactics to use and we directly vote on office holders, from stewards to national offices. Why wait? Join the IWW and organize for a better future.

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[ABevs1]

What is this clip from?

[socialisteducation]

@ABevs1 The movie "Reds" released around 1981. The full film is available on youtube, but I believe it is worth buying because of the extra interviews.

[bjarczyk]

I have no particular love for the idealized ‘worker’ as he appears in the bourgeois Communist’s mind, but when I see an actual flesh-and-blood worker in conflict with his natural enemy, the policeman, I do not have to ask myself which side I am on. -George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia

[devinthrash]

wobblies are getting mad rep within my union... you boys keep it real, thanks!

[AndrewRayGorman]

@bjarczyk Owell was an amazing well. The capitalist finds it unbelievable that he was a socialist.

[bjarczyk]

Love this clip.

[ABevs1]

@socialisteducation Awesome. Thanks!