Industrial Workers of the World

[SonofRage]

I have been looking at the Industrial Workers of the World (http://www.iww.org/) a lot lately and I agree with them on a lot of things. I am curious about one thing though, are there any places in the US where the IWW is the actual, recognized union at a workplace with full bargaining rights? Any wobblies about there who can give soms insights on the group?

[Blackberry]

Originally posted by [email protected] 13 2003, 10:27 PM
I have been looking at the Industrial Workers of the World (http://www.iww.org/) a lot lately and I agree with them on a lot of things. I am curious about one thing though, are there any places in the US where the IWW is the actual, recognized union at a workplace with full bargaining rights? Any wobblies about there who can give soms insights on the group?
I'm fairly sure they have. I have seen such news items about whole workplaces joining the IWW.

Your best chance of finding out more exact information is by contacting them (http://www.iww.org/contact.shtml).

For such information, it might be wise calling them via telephone.

[SonofRage]

From digging through their website I've found that they have in fact been recognized in some places. I'm considering joining, I think their philosophy results in strong unions.

[Marxist in Nebraska]

I hear that the IWW is very small... but I like the premise of "One Big Union"...

Here in Nebraska, there are only two members... a schoolteacher in Lincoln (I know him fairly well--a very cool guy) and a security guard in Omaha...

The IWW is a great idea, but it needs many more members...

[SonofRage]

It's disappointing but from looking at their history it looks like the US government all but killed it off.

[Marxist in Nebraska]

Yes, you are right... the capitalists were scared to death of the IWW in the opening decades of the 20th Century...

It is a great tribute to the IWW that it still survives to this day. It deserves to be renewed... lets scare the capitalists again!

[the SovieT]

Originally posted by Marxist in [email protected] 13 2003, 08:13 PM
Yes, you are right... the capitalists were scared to death of the IWW in the opening decades of the 20th Century...

It is a great tribute to the IWW that it still survives to this day. It deserves to be renewed... lets scare the capitalists again!
carefull comrade, a renovation of the movement can mean the death of the very same..


Revisionism is not a option...


what IWW needs is activism, not revisionism...

[SonofRage]

I don't think he meant it needed to be "revised." Perhaps "renewed" wasn't the right word, he likely meant "revived.'

[iwwobblie]

I'm a wobblie.We're fairly small now,but our membership is growing for the first time in years.Anyone who is a worker and not an employer and agrees with our principles can join.

[SonofRage]

That's good to hear.

[Marxist in Nebraska]

I have never heard "renewed" used as a synonym for "revisionism"... it is very close to "revived"...

I also appreciate how open membership is to the IWW... I also understand that dues are inexpensive... definitely something to look into...