[van-announce] IWW Meeting - Tuesday July 30th 7pm

[Pat S]

Industrial Workers of the World Meeting:
7pm
Tuesday July 30th
At Starbucks on Commercial
(1752 Commercial Drive @ 2nd Ave)
in support of CAW unstrikers

Agenda items include:
IWW General Assembly
Vancouver Bike Messenger Association/IWW-Van joint fundraiser
Final bylaws approval
Labour Video Project
and other stuff...

Meetings are the last Tuesday of each month...

The name of our union is the Industrial Workers of the World. "Industrial" 
does not refer to big grimy factories, it refers to industrial organization, 
or organization by industry.

In the IWW, we believe that everyone in a particular workplace should have 
the same union, because we all have the same boss and deal with the same 
problems.

So rather than putting all janitors, whether they clean bank offices or post 
offices or restaurants in one union, isolated from the people who walk on 
the floors they clean, we say the if the janitor's check is signed by the 
same guy who signs your check, that janitor should be in the same union.

Everyone working in one place has to look out for everyone else there, and 
when one person has a problem, it's everyone's problem.

That way, we can get ourselves together as one big union to cover each 
others' backs and get the things we need, like protection of our wages and 
jobs, control over our shifts, safety on the job, and the like.

Everyone working in the place in one union, coming together in a democratic 
fashion to make the whole thing work better for the people who do the work.

Industrial organization is a flexible tool, the idea is to get you together 
with the people you work with to make a difference in your working life.

Get in touch with us, and we'll be glad to help you work out the details.

Email: gmb-van at iww.ca
Web: http://vancouver.iww.ca
Phone: 604-682-3269 ext. 8493



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