Bay Area IWW General Membership Branch includes workers from around the Greater Bay Area in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma Counties.

San Francisco Bay Area GMB

• Mail - PO Box 11412, Berkeley, CA 94712
• Phone - (510) 845-0540
• Fax - (510) 845-0520
• Email - bayarea [at] iww.org


• General Meetings - 1st Thursdays at 7:00 PM at 2022 Blake Street in Berkeley, CA.


• Wob Nights (chin wags)- 3rd Fridays at 8:00 PM at 2022 Blake Street in Berkeley, CA.
• Transit Information - transitinfo.org

Industrial Organizing Committees - includes a listing of shops and current contracts as well as committee contacts, meeting times, and meeting locations.

Branch Secretary-Treasurers:

• Slava O - slava [at] iww.org
• Ted N - tedn [at] iww.org

Branch Communications Officer:

• Sarah Z - sjzesmer [at] yahoo.com

Working Groups and Committees - includes a listing of every other committee.

Here are six things you can do to help the Bay Area IWW

The Bay Area IWW is always organizing community support. If you are a Bay Area resident and would like to join our support list, please download this pledge of solidarity, fill it out, and return it to the address listed on the pledge.

The following listserve posting guidelines are intended to increase the effectiveness of the listserve as a communication and organizing tool while minimizing interpersonal conflict.

1) Always include a clear word or phrase on the subject line of your initial posting to the listserve, so replies can be followed easily by others in the group.

2) Be concise and stay on topic. Refrain from posting messages about unrelated subjects.

3) When making arguments, support your position with evidence. Refrain from making unsubstantiated generalizations and from using emotionally charged or loaded language.

4) Be respectful to others. Do not disparage or personally attack other member(s) directly or by inference. Do not use profanity. If a posting angers you, wait until you are calm before responding.

5) Do not take personally what is not specifically directed at you.

6) Do not use the listserve to discuss grievances. Listserves are not good vehicles for having complex and emotionally charged discussions, especially when people are so close geographically. If you think the behavior of another warrants charges under the IWW Constitution, then file charges. If you think the behavior of another violates SF Bay Area GMB policies, make your argument in writing (supported by evidence) and place this item on the agenda of the next Branch meeting. For interpersonal conflicts that cannot be resolved by the parties involved, use a Branch meeting as the appropriate venue to resolve conflicts.

7) Personal comments or criticisms should be sent directly to the person(s) you wish to communicate with, not the entire listserve.

8) Do not post messages in all capitals. This is the equivalent of shouting. Use standard upper/lower case type except for words or phrases you particularly wish to stress.

9) Do not use sarcasm in postings. In a large listserve like the SF Bay Area GMB listserve, it is easy to misinterpret sarcasm.

10) Minimize formatting in the text of your postings. Some email software inserts formatting which can make highly formatted messages difficult to read.

11) If you are responding to specific passage(s) of a long email, quote from the message you are replying to as necessary.

12) Spell check and proofread your posting before you send it to the listserve.

13) When responding to a posting that is intended to go to the listserve, make sure you reply to the listserve and not individual sender(s).

14) When forwarding emails to the listserve, delete extraneous header information from the original sender to reduce the length of your posting.

15) People should not be added to the listserve without their permission.

Guidelines adopted April 3, 2008 by a vote of the San Francisco Bay Area GMB.