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What are Unions and Why Should You Form One?
In the first of a series of articles exploring the basics of organising our workplaces, James Reed, a Fellow Worker from Clydeside IWW outlines what a union actually is and explores why you should consider forming one in your workplace or community. You might not know much about trade unions, or maybe you’ve only ever…
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We reproduce below a speech that was given by a FW at an anti-war demo in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, Russian anti-war protestors, and victims of imperialism globally
Speech We organised this event so we could come together and categorically denounce the invasion of Ukraine by Russian imperialism and show our solidarity with the Ukrainian people. Today, we woke up to some promising news about a limited ceasefire, but this is not enough what is needed is a total ceasefire and for Russia…
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Intro to Organiser Training May 2021
There are lots of training opportunities coming up in Scotland this May. We have two sets of Introduction to Organiser Training at the end of this month that are looking for people to sign-up. We have an online one run by the IWW Edinburgh branch on the 15th and 22nd of May 2021, contact them…
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April – May Events with IWW Clydeside GMB
Welcome back to the IWW Scotland Blog! We’ll hopefully be able to keep this updated about the goings ons in the IWW for our members and friends of the union. 2021s International Memorial of Workers Day and May Day are coming up. IWW Clydeside are involved in a few events. We also have a bloc…
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SHOPWORKERS DEMO ON GREAT WESTERN ROAD
On Saturday 7th November, Clydeside IWW members gathered on Great Western Road to draw attention to poor conditions for shopworkers in retail establishments in Glasgow. The campaign started when employees at the Glasgow Vintage Company got organised following cuts to hours, poor hygiene, and lack of job security at their workplace following the COVID-19 outbreak…
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