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We want you! Join the IWW and create the One Big Union of all workers. If you're ready, you can join immediately online or print out an application and mail it in. All the information you need is on this page.
Note - If you live in Austrialia, please contact our Austrialian Region. If you live in the United Kingdom, please contact our British Region.
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Pay Your IWW Dues On-LineIf you are already an IWW member You may pay your dues electronically using this website. You can:
- Pay dues one month at a time;
- Pay dues several months at a time;
- Set up automatic monthly dues payments; and/or
- Cancel automatic monthly dues payments.
Other useful Member Resources:
The following (voluntary) resources will help members communicate better with each other, help reduce operating expenses and overhead. and increase and speed up communication between IWW members:
- Receive the General Organization Bulletin (GOB) Electronically;
- Receive the Industrial Worker newspaper electronically;
- Subscribe to the News and/or Alerts email lists;
- Submit news and events to the IWW Websites.
Workers and their employers do not have the same interests. Workers want shorter hours, higher pay, and better benefits. The easiest way to stand up for each other in our workplaces and communities and the easiest way to improve our working conditions is to join a union.
Frequently Asked Questions About IWW Membership:
- Can students, retirees, and/or unemployed workers join?
- Can members of another union join the IWW?
- Can workers in a workers' cooperative or a collectives join the IWW?
- Can self-employed workers join the IWW?
- There's no IWW branch near me; can I still join?
- How can coworkers and/or friends join the IWW?
- Can independent unions, not affiliated with an existing labor federation, affiliate with the IWW?
Find out the answers to each of these questions.
Collectives, Workers' Cooperatives, and the IWW:
Here we debunk two widely held myths:
- #1 - Cooperatives are more revolutionary than the IWW
- #2 - Cooperatives are incompatible with the IWW
And explain why workers in both cooperatives and collectives are welcome and encouraged to join the IWW.
If you cannot find an IWW branch in your industry or community, We will help you start an IWW branch if none currently exists.
This section also includes information on how to recruit new members, how to hold and run successful meetings, and how to deal with sensitive issues, such as diversity and burnout.
Members of the IWW in the San Francisco Bay Area attend an Organizer Training led by Alexis Buss, IWW General Secretary-Treasurer, in April 2003.