The Basics of Building a Branch:

• Start Your Own IWW Branch - What you can do if there is no IWW Union Branch in your community.
• Download a PDF Version (specialized for Hotel, Bar, and Restaurant Workers IU 640, but easily adapted to any other industry).


• One Possible IWW Organizational Model - How IWW shops are organized and how each shop relates to the greater IWW.


• Building the IWW - In 25 easy steps.

How to Recruit People to Your Branch:

• Introduction & Forward
• Why Recruit?
• Build the Organization
• Organizations That are not Growing are Dying
• Know What You are Asking Them to Join.
• What Kind of Group is It?
• What's In a Name?
• Don't Bring People into Mush
• Basic Membership Criteria
• Putting these Criteria to Work
• Finding the Right Kind of People
• People Who are Representative
• Values, Self Interest and Passion
• Agreeing to Take on More Responsibility
• Members and Money
• Why People Join Organizations
• What's in it for Them?
• Real Issues and Real People
• You are Building Relationships
• How to Recruit: Listen
• Short Visits
• The One-on-One Interview
• What did You Notice About this Dialogue?
• Summary of How to do a One on One Visit
• Record Keeping and Other Tips
• Recruiting for a Specific Task
• Dividing Up the Big Tasks
• How to Plan a Visit
• Media, Mailing, and Mass Appeals
• The Importance of Numbers
• Building Member Ownership

Meetings and Meeting Dynamics:

• Successful Meetings
  • Website
  • PDF File (printable version)
• Parliamentary Procedure for Wobblies - By Jim Crutchfield.
• Roberts Rules of Order - Motions Explained

Establishing a Branch Organizing Plan:

• Setting up an Organizing Program - Resources, Committees, and Community Support.
• How to Plan Events
• How to Publicize Events

Diversity and Activism:

• Moving Towards Diversity
• 13 Lucky Tips for Activists and Organizers.

What Next?

• Long Term Goals - Where do we go from here?