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?
- Know What You are Asking Them to Join.
- Basic Membership Criteria
- Finding the Right Kind of People
- Agreeing to Take on More Responsibility
- Members and Money
- Why People Join Organizations
- You are Building Relationships
- How to Recruit: Listen
- Short Visits
- The One-on-One Interview
- 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
- 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?
