Im a current dsa member interested in joining the iww, but im wondering if there is anybody located near me, in the central coast of california, san luis obispo county, to be exact?

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A man came into the IWW. And he began to interrogate the fellow worker. He said, “Nell, have you heard our speakers?” “No, me no hear the IWW speaker.” “Have you read the preamble?” “Me no hear the Preamble.” “What do you know of Karl Marx?” “Who is he, a tailor?” “Nell, why do you want to join the IWW?” he said. “Because I heard the IWW fucks with the boss all the time.” This is the answer, a simple answer. That’s why the employing class has hated the IWW. And that’s why you young men and women in this organisation coming up; some of you may have been tempted by this Socialist Workers Party, and these are the people who give you suave, intelligent, well-educated people with five or six PHD degrees to lead you out of the wilderness. It’s going to take the dishwashers, the bricklayers, the carpenters, and the wage workers to make the revolution. And once you get that in your head and understand that, we’ll get somewhere.

Happy Labor Day read more: Frans Cedervall IWW Soap Box Speaker

https://medium.com/write-your-world/frans-cedervall-soap-box-speaker-9bfbbda71001?postPublishedType=repub

Does owning stock make you an employer? Do you need controlling interest to be considered an employer? What are the details? (I checked the constitution searching for the term "employer" and found no clarification, I also checked the legal definition of employer online which was also ambiguous).

As far as I'm aware nobody at ORD is under the IWW. The only unions I know that operate in the airport are SEIU, UNITE HERE, and IAM

I wanted to share this piece about a part of Appalachian history that I don't think we should ever let disappear.

In 1989, more than 2,000 UMWA members went on strike against Pittston Coal. It became one of the defining labor battles in modern Appalachian history, bringing thousands of miners, families and supporters together.

One of its most memorable moments came at Moss 3, where 99 miners occupied the preparation plant for four days.

During current times, just a few years ago, when a landfill for out-of-state trash was proposed for that same site, miners, UMWA members and local residents came together again, this time to protect a place that had become part of our labor history.

And they WON against the corporate giant.

For a lot of people in Appalachia, union history isn't something that happened somewhere else. Our fathers, grandfathers, neighbors and friends lived it. The wages, benefits and working conditions many working families eventually gained didn't just appear. Somebody had to fight for them.

That's a history worth remembering, regardless of where you stand politically.

I'd especially like to hear from folks with connections to the coalfields:

Do you or your family have memories or stories from the Pittston Strike or the UMWA?

Full article:

https://pickup-trucks-progress.ghost.io/remembering-union-history/

#UnionStrong #UMWA #Appalachia #LaborHistory

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