Organize Your Own IWW Branch

Industrial Workers of the World

How to Organize a new IWW Local in your Community!

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So you want to join the IWW, the One Big Union, but there's just one problem. You're the only person in your community you know of who would be in the IWW if you did join. Perhaps you would join if there were other IWW members nearby. Perhaps you will join despite the possibility that you would be the only one. However, you could see yourself as not the only Wobbly, but rather the first Wobbly in your community; we all have to start somewhere, right? We might as well begin at the beginning; but how to do it? Well, that's why this information is here. Hopefully the following pages can assist you in forming a new IWW group.
There are several different types of IWW groups; they include branches, shops, locals, and Industrial Unions. This guide offers suggestions on how to organize a generic group. Definitions and specific suggestions are offered at the end of this guide.
Now, this quick guide does not explain how to organize a specific workplace, because each work place is unique. We could not hope to offer a specific guide to organizing each and every workplace in existence. However, most workplaces do fall into categories and the activities do follow specific patterns. We will provide some basic tips for organizing workplaces real soon, so keep checking this part of the IWW site. (You might want to "bookmark" this section, if you can.)

If you have any questions or comments, send them to intexile@iww.org.

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