JOINING THE IWW

Help the work along – let’s build the IWW together!

Who can join the IWW?

Any worker can join the IWW. You don’t have to be currently employed – students, retirees, the unemployed, the self-employed, those in informal professions, and those unable to work may also join. To us, you are all part of the working class.

However, we draw the line at people who have the ability to hire and fire. If someone in the union has the power to fire another worker on the job, that creates an impossible conflict of interest.

By restricting our membership to only workers we make it easier to act in solidarity with other people at your job and improve your working conditions. If you are a worker, you belong in the IWW with us!

Why join?

The IWW is more than a pension fund or a collective bargaining agreement.

Organization

Fight to win better working conditions at your job with the weight of the IWW behind you

Education

Receive help from our Organizing Department and your other fellow workers in your local branch in building the skills you need to start organizing a union at your job

Agitation

You need a union, and so does every other worker in the world – spread the good word with us!

Solidarity

Be part of something bigger than yourself and your workplace – meet other fellow workers, be supported by them, and support them in turn

Comradery

Find joy with your fellow workers in standing together and fighting for a better world

Community

Get to know other friendly fellow workers who are invested in building a kinder, a more humane, and a more just future (and who understand the unfair bullshit at your current job)

Dues

Dues are scaled based on your monthly income.

Minimum

If you make less than $2000/mo

$11/mo

Regular

If you make $2000-$3500/mo

$22/mo

Maximum

If you make more than $3500/mo

$33/mo

* Full details on how union dues are spent and how this is decided on can be found in our constitution and the manual of policies and procedures.
Joining the IWW requires an initiation fee equal to one month of dues in addition to your first monthly dues payment.

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