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Industrial Workers of the World

Easier said than done

You got eleven dollars?  It’s as easy as eleven dollars.

https://iww.org/

If you ain’t got eleven dollars, talk to your local and they should be able to work something out. 

You can join the IWW even if you’re unemployed, and even if your labor is exploited in prison.

When they say one big union for everyone, they really mean it

Subminimum dues for the Wobs are six bucks

Seriously, join the fucking IWW. Message your local on Facebook if you don’t know who to turn to. They’d love to have you and they’ll meet with you in person to talk about it and sign you up if you want. It can and will only lead to good things for you.

That doesn’t make any sense. If they can’t collectively bargain for your salary and benefits, then what are you paying them for exactly?

Well, in a typical business union, “they” would only be able to bargain for “your” interests because the labor bureaucrats meeting with the bosses have got workers’ support.  The IWW model cuts out the middle-man and empowers workers to organize shops and bargain for contracts without the need for a professionalized labor bureaucracy that would engage in Mickey Mouse horseshit like forcing us to sign no-strike contracts, like the useless bloodsuckers in the AFL/CIO always do.

And what you’re paying for by forking over the terrible, exorbitant, downright ruinous sum of six bucks a month is access to a solidarity network of branches all over the world and all of the resources, information, and people-power that comes with that.  Long-time wobs get off on organizing and most of them would literally die for fellow wobs; it’s a v. helpful thing to be a part of.

inb4 “Well I could just do all that myself!”:  But what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one?

Also, if you’re like a teacher or a welder or a nurse or something and you’re already part of a trade union, that’s fine; the IWW encourages dual membership whenever possible. You’re only barred from membership if your job gives you hire/fire authority over other workers; but that only counts for general membership–you can still join the General Defense Committee and other affiliate projects and thus reap the above benefits