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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:
A worker at a collective or co-operatively run business may join the IWW, provided that the individual does not have the direct ability to hire and fire personnel. IWW members in a collective or co-operatively run business may also petition the union for Job Shop status. This is accomplished by submitting a shop card application to the IWW General Secretary/Treasurer and the General Executive Board. Collectives and co-ops should also be prepared to furnish the union with a copy of their operational by-laws, and to be available to answer any questions from the General Executive Board regarding democratic structures in said workplace, including the process utilized to hire, discipline, and terminiate employment for workers.
For more questions regarding collective/co-op businesses and IWW membership, please contact the union's General Headquarters.
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.