Syndicalism
Comrades, The following recently appeared at www.resist.com.au http://www.resist.com.au/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3447 Good idea, (albeit yet again) an attempt to bring some kind of unity, what does anyone think? pjl --------------------------------------------------- Hi I'm one of the central steering committee members, responsible for communication, of the Third Voice Alliance, a new political movement aimed at increasing the cooperation between the progressive minor parties and opposition groups and community organisations to form a real Opposition to the dangerous neo-conservative trend in federal and state politics. |
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Who are we?
The IWW is an international union over a century old. The first Australian branch was formed in Adelaide in 1907. The Wobblies were the genesis of many of today's major trade unions. Many current unions organize on the basis of wobbly philosophies and using wobbly methods. The IWW is thoroughly democratic – all delegates are rotated, recallable and unpaid. We only have one modestly paid official worldwide. Unlike trade unions, the wobblies are syndicalist which means that we believe in independent, truly democratic organizing. We believe that every workplace has the right to determine their own actions and should not be controlled by top-heavy bureaucratic union bosses.
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Solidarity Forever
(tune: John Brown's Body) When the union's inspiration through the workers blood shall run There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun Yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one? But the union makes us strong Solidarity forever! Solidarity forever! Solidarity forever! For the union makes us strong. Is there aught we hold in common with the greedy parasite Who would lash us into serfdom and would crush us with his might Is there anything left to us but to organise and fight? For the union makes us strong. |
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Pissed Off Projectionists: Bringing The Class War To A Theater Near You! [From The Northeastern Anarchist #8, Fall/Winter 2003] by Class Against Class Boston has a rich history of anarchism and class warfare. Unfortunately, at least until recently, the days of anarchist influence within labor struggles was exactly that: a relic of the past. The last time an anarchist had played an influential role in a successful Boston-based labor struggle was in 1938, when Rose Pesotta led a strike to organize over a thousand women dressmakers. Since then, anarchism has been defined mainly as a counter-culture or form of identity politics, with very little relevancy to the everyday struggles of the working class in this city. |
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Preamble to the IWW Constitution The working class and the employing class have nothing in common. There can be no peace so long as hunger and want are found among millions of the working people and the few, who make up the employing class, have all the good things of life. Between these two classes a struggle must go on until the workers of the world organize as a class, take possession of the means of production, abolish the wage system, and live in harmony with the Earth. We find that the centering of the management of industries into fewer and fewer hands makes the trade unions unable to cope with the ever growing power of the employing class. The trade unions foster a state of affairs which allows one set of workers to be pitted against another set of workers in the same industry, thereby helping defeat one another in wage wars. Moreover, the trade unions aid the employing class to mislead the workers into the belief that the working class have interests in common with their employers. |
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How To Sack Your Boss - A Workers' Guide to Direct Action
The indignity of working-for-a-living is well-known to anyone who ever has. Democracy, the great principle on which our society is supposedly founded, is thrown out the window as soon as we punch the time clock at work. With no say over what we produce, or how that production is organised, and with only a small portion of that product's value finding its way into our paychecks, we have every right to be pissed off at our bosses.
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You want to join the IWW? ....well it might not be as hard as you thought. Just read the info below. The IWW is a democratic, member-run union. Decisions about what issues to address and what tactics to pursue are made by the workers directly involved - not by any officials. We have only one (Modestly) paid officer the General Secretary Treasurer of the unions international. The Australian Regional Orgainising Committee (R.O.C.) office bearers are all volunteers. Policy decisions are made by referendum by the entire membership. Any officer can be recalled at any time by referendum. Dues are kept to a minimum so there are no barriers to membership , a low income or unemployed worker can join for as little as $8. Dues
When you join the union you pay an initiation fee. This is the same as one month's dues and covers basic costs of joining (card, bookwork et cetera). Our dues are calculated according to your income. If you monthly income is: |
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