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wobblydev · 8 months

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do you have any advice on what to do when your workplace is unionized, but the union provides inadequate help to the workers?

an important question. the recent drive for unionising in the US is exciting, but many of the unions involved in these campaigns are about as complacent as it gets. organising for power within a union can be just as difficult as organising against the boss.

for the majority of unions, what they're willing to do for their members begins and ends with the contract they have bargained on your behalf. you have a right to see that contract, so request a copy. be persistent. be annoying if they are too slow. you have a right to see it within a timely manner.

the contract itself will be long and boring, but read the entire thing. it is the totality of what the company and the union have agreed to, and it dictates what you are and are not allowed to do within the limits of the contract.

there is nothing stopping you from taking an OT101 and learning how to speak with your coworkers about what they would like to see improved, and then build power from within to push for that towards the next contract negotiation. some unions are more democratic than others. some encourage membership to attend meetings, others aren't as comfortable with that. transparency differs greatly among the unions. regardless, organising is the same.

gather contact information, map your workplace, listen to your fellow workers and learn what they are frustrated about. agitate, educate, inoculate and continue to push. your union is supposed to represent you and the interests of all the workers performing covered work under the contract. get involved and stay involved. get the personal phone number of your steward and talk to them regularly. remind them again and again about what needs to change. don't suffer excuses, the most common of which will be "the contract is the contract." that contract can and will be renegotiated, so make sure everyone up the ladder knows your name, where you work, your local, and what needs to be changed. be a nuisance, and get as many of your fellow workers as possible to be nuisances until it gets fixed.

because if they don't represent you as you want to be represented, you can decertify from them and sign up with a union that will actually fight.

#iww #union #contract #worker power #organise #ot101

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free-and-to-none-accountable · 2 years

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Posted on July 29, 2022 by Jean-Carl Elliott

Growing the IWW isn’t just about increasing the size of our membership, it’s also about increasing its depth. Part of “building the new world in the shell of the old” entails developing the people who will be able to run it once it’s built. We aren’t simply signing up workers from our jobs and industries for their dues. We are signing them up to make them into Wobblies! Being a Wobbly means that we know where we stand in the class struggle, we know the lessons learned from those who struggled before us, and we stand in solidarity with other Wobblies who are continuing the struggle today. Being a Wobbly isn’t just about having a Red Card, it’s about leveling each other up! I’ve met so many Wobblies throughout the years who sign a Red Card and then don’t know what to do next. Without a sense of direction, our members tend to gravitate towards other activist groups or they leave the union altogether. We want to keep workers involved and to give them a sense of purpose in the IWW. This article will be part of a series on how to level up your IWW membership. In this first edition, we’ll cover some ways that individual Wobblies can increase their participation in the One Big Union through developing their skills as workplace organizers. Future editions will focus on branches, committees, and other parts of the union. If you think of some additions to these lists, write them up and send them to Industrial Worker!

Take an Organizer Training

The IWW has two Organizer Trainings: the OT101 and the OT102. In the OT101, trainees learn the basic techniques of starting a workplace organizing committee. The committee meets regularly and plans direct actions on the job to build power and address grievances. The training is revised every few years based on the experiences of IWW organizers. We keep the stuff that is working and change the stuff that has been falling short. It’s also a really great way to get in touch with other Wobblies who are organizing their workplaces.

The 102 builds off of the 101. Once you have a committee up and running, you’ll need to learn how to sustain it. Business unions will usually start a committee and then once it’s up and running, they will petition the employer for recognition or they will file for a union election with the government. The IWW is a revolutionary union though. We don’t need or want the government to intervene in order to provide stability. We maintain our momentum through practicing better internal democracy and through recruiting more workers to take part in bigger workplace actions. You should take the 102 early on because it gets more into the details of practicing direct democracy, escalating direct actions, and sustaining your committee. It’s important to incorporate healthy committee practices and strategic planning at the early stages of a campaign. Our greatest weapon is solidarity and these trainings teach the nuts and bolts of Solidarity Unionism.

Start Organizing Your Workplace

There are all sorts of benefits that you and the union can get from organizing your own workplace, even if you just take the initial steps. When you start building good organizing habits, they will start to come more naturally over time. Getting people’s contact information will feel less awkward and you will start drawing your maps in more detail. One-on-one conversations with coworkers will flow more smoothly the more practice you get. And so even if you only make a small amount of progress at one job, you can build off of that experience at future jobs.

Take Another Training

No two trainings are ever the same! Each time, you will be learning from different trainers and with a different set of trainees. They all bring unique training styles and organizing stories. And let’s be honest with ourselves: each training is 16 hours worth of material. We are never gonna memorize it all after one take, or even two for that matter. Take lots of trainings and have fun with them!

Become a Trainer

Organizer Trainers are credentialed by the union to give our official trainings. You can draw from your experiences to give a personal touch to your trainings. It can be inspiring for trainees to hear personal stories from the front lines, even if it is just you showing a map or social chart from one of your workplaces. When you become an IWW trainer, you will be paired up with other trainers to do trainings and so you get to learn from their teaching styles and experiences. It’s a great way to learn new lessons and to pass along your learning experiences in the union.

The Organizer Training Committee (OTC) can train you to be an OT101 Trainer, an OT102 Trainer and a Training For Trainers (T4T) Trainer. There’s a leveling up system for trainers as well. First off, you can’t become a trainer unless you have taken the training. So in order to become a 101 Trainer, you should have taken the training a few times and put it to use in your own workplace. Same for the 102 and to be a T4T Trainer. At the end of each T4T, you will be reviewed by your trainers and they will decide if and how you will be credentialed.

At each T4T, you will learn some new training techniques, but it is assumed that you are coming in with some familiarity with the curriculum. This is why it’s good to have taken the training a few times and to have gained some first hand organizing experience. Don’t worry about knowing every single detail; you will get a better grasp the more trainings you do, and when you start as a trainer you will be paired with a more experienced trainer. On the flipside however, if your trainers don’t think you are ready, they aren’t obligated to credential you and they might recommend you go to another training and take another T4T.

Keep Organizing!

The more we organize and train other Wobblies to organize, the better organizers and trainers we become. Sometimes a campaign might only get so far as being able to draw up a social chart, but then you can use that social chart when you train other IWW members to do it! Maybe you participated in a direct action that flopped. You can turn that into a learning experience by debriefing with your coworkers or by writing about it. The more we learn to tackle the smaller hurdles, the better prepared we are to take on the next ones and to bring more Wobblies with us. Keep fighting the good fight and never stop leveling up!

#iw #useful #organizing

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ecoamerica · 21 days

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robotgirlfoxears · 1 year

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the IWW OT101 that lives inside my brain: organizing is making connections

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sic-semper-hominibus · 1 year

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you work at a print shop? dude, you know those aren't real, right? they made them up for OT101

#yes this IS about you vesper #i have a Moment™ every time you mention where you work

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polythremed · 3 years

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has the calendar council taught people how to unionise? because they should

#memento of a post #going to make a revolutionary character just to test the waters here #mfs are going to host ot101s #i'd pay for an exceptional story where the council tells you how to organise your workplace

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dmnsqrl · 5 years

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Nice! I don't know how to shut up about politics but to the best of my knowledge that hasn't radicalized any therapists I wonder if OT101 covers things like that, too https://www.instagram.com/p/BvXB6gtj0hqayAcLFc08BNC_gHy0I31VqTPVEw0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8ps0bgt1pqt6

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ritzali · 4 years

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syeonshines-blog · 7 years

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▐ CONGRATS TO WANNA ONE!▐

And also to the remaining 90 trainees!

(ﾉ^ヮ^)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧ To everyone who has been with these boys for 3 months, all of us have suffered a lot but despite of that, we meet a lot of great people, we supported such talented and awesome trainees and most of all, we all learned alot of things that will help us grow as a person. This show might be the end but always remember that this is not the end of the 101 trainees who will continue the journey of achieving their dreams and us, fans being their support along the way!

KUDOS to all the fans who supported the 101 trainees along the way! (Yes, they are 101 trainees! OT101 never say die even if Kim Sihyun- my ult!, Nam Yoonsung and Han Jongyeon left) (๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)و

- Chun_KimJin

#produce101 #pd101 #produce101season2 #pd101s2 #kangdaniel #parkjihoon #leedaehwi #kimjaehwan #ongseongwoo #parkwoojin #laiguanlin #yoonjisung #hwangminhyun #baejinyoung #hasungwoon

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mebeljeparahomes · 5 years

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wobblydev · 1 year

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Well, I got a job, I went through training, and now that I have settled in, I sent my info to be contacted by a delegate of my closest GEB!

In the meanwhile, I've spent my lunch breaks talking with my co-workers and other workers at the mall about unions and explaining to them the power we can have against our bosses and been learning about their lives and making good friends with them.

So that. Thank you for all the info and things you've done and shared, and your support too! I was really scared about all this at the start, but now I feel determined about joining the IWW, and learning and organizing!

Hope I made sense, I've started working 10 hours shifts and I am exhausted, so I am going to sleep now. Have a great day/night!

that is incredible news! if you don't hear back within a week or two, let me know and i can try to help.

i recommend holding off on saying the "U" word so soon, especially if you're at work. i cannot recommend enough that you take the OT101 as soon as possible to learn how to organise safely. i am excited to hear you are feeling ready, nobody wants you to get fired.

things you can safely start doing are to draw a map of your workplace (don't do this at work) make note of where important areas are. begin to casually gather contact information for your coworkers. keep listening to them, that is a great place to start and i am glad you've begun.

please stay safe and take care of yourself. i am excited for you! i hope the job isn't terrible. solidarity!

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ukirjepara · 5 years

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sic-semper-hominibus · 3 years

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im officially OT101'd!

#gonna 101 again before i 102 though #iww

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jeparahomes · 5 years

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— kei stans OT101 🌹 (@ndstllnsknj) June 16, 2017

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pymjean-blog · 7 years

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OT101 ❤

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