Another is that, let's face it, a lot of business unions see organizing as an investment. If there isn't an opportunity for the union to see a return on investment, you won't really be able to get them to commit resources to organizing.

So if there aren't many workers in a shop, or if the workers make so little money that the union feels dues would be cost prohibitive, they won't bother. And thus, workers are deemed unorganizable.

The IWW gets around both of these obstacles to organizing workers.

The IWW is meant to be one big union for all workers, so we have no trade restrictions on the shops we are willing to organize. Wherever and whenever there are workers that want to organize under our banner, we will support that effort.

Additionally, IWW organizing drives are much less resource intensive than AFLCIO organizing drives because we don't have paid staff, we don't have paid organizers, and we don't have lawyers on retainer. What we do is empower the workers to organize *themselves.*

We offer advice, volunteer our time, share our expertise, offer trainings, and even some material resources for the workers to organize if needed. But the price tag on all that is *far* less than the price tag on an AFLCIO organizing drive.

Our dues are progressive and income dependant - as little as $6/month. Therefore we are able to say loudly and proudly that to us, no worker is unorganizable.

Small shop? Let's organize.
Low wages? Let's organize.
High turnover? Let's organize.

So the IWW, by virtue of its broadly available membership, its non-resource-intensive organizing drives, and its low dues can offer more opportunities for workers to support other workers as they seek to organize.

If you got into the labor movement to do this work, you can likely find more of it here than you will in an AFLCIO union.

Additionally, folks that already have union representation in their workplace typically make far more than their non union fellow workers and would therefore be better situated to contribute materially to the branch.

Workers in AFLCIO unions would then be huge assets to IWW branches seeking to organize "unorganizable" workers.

And of course, there is a lot to learn from veterans of the labor movement in AFLCIO unions. Folks w years, decades of experience in business unions have a lot of knowledge about what works n what doesn't, and this knowledge can be passed on to workers in the IWW

The IWW would greatly benefit from the increased participation of workers in other unions. And if I might be so bold, I believe that workers in other unions would greatly benefit from their membership in the IWW.

If you are interested in joining and contributing to the labor movement beyond the opportunities your business union offers - please do send an email to [email protected] and we'll get you set up.