The Sheffield IWW ‘What we do and why we do it!’ A workshop at the Sheffield Anarchist Book Fair May 11th

As part of the 4th Sheffield Anarchist Book fair, the Sheffield IWW branch will be hosting a workshop aiming to introduce our history, principles, and most importantly what we’re doing in workplaces in Sheffield and beyond. 

Revolution isn’t only for guerrillas and old white men with beards, it doesn’t reside in dusty books, it’s not some tumultuous upheaval in the distant future.

Revolution can happen here and now, bit by bit, building the new in the shell of the old through action. We’re fighting for a more liberating way of being wherever we can, at work, at home, in relationships, in neighborhoods. 

If you’ve got any questions about how we do things,

If you’re frustrated with the way your workplace is run. If your disillusioned with ‘politics’ or sick of being told leave it to the experts.

Come on down. 

Where: Showroom Cinema Workstation

When: Saturday May 11th 1250-1350

There are alternatives and they are ours to create.

See this link for full programme

http://www.sheffieldbookfair.org/programme.html

Good news from the USA with new Cooperatively owned Factory

New Era windows no bosses.

MAY General Members Branch Meeting 13th of May 5.30pm

Hello all.

The MAY GMB will take place on the revised date of….

Monday the 13th at 5.30pm.

There’s loads happening this month so please get down and join the discussions, this is the last meeting before the Annual conference in Birmingham.

Lot’s of big changes and developments for the Union at a national level, so if you’ve got an opinion about any of the below you may want to come on down…

• New Officer elections
• Union safer spaces policy
• The new Training department 
• The union employing paid staff for the first time
• much more….

Also theres the epicness of a motion to fund the NORTHERN IWW OFFICE based in SHEFFIELD!

The venue is Sheffield Hallam Uni library so it’s nice and central. Its room 3.02 which is on the 3rd floor of the main library. Its a bit of a weird building if your not familiar with it so for directions please meet SF (will be wearing a wobblie t shirt) at the main entrance (will be there from 5.15)

So the main street street level entrance is here.. by Odeon cinema.

Then you have to walk down the maze like stairs to get to the actual library entrance

Sheffield IWW MAY General Members Branch Meeting Monday 13th

Meeting room 3.02 Adsetts library Hallam Uni Sheffield Hallam University *Adsetts Learning Centre* (aka the library)

City Campus, Howard Street, Sheffield S1 1WB 17:30 – 19:00 (email samfrohwein@gmail.com for any additions/amendments to agenda)

Venue is wheelchair accessible.

Chair: SF

Minute taker & Time Keeper to be selected on the day.

Solidarity with IWW member’s out on strike at Sister Camelot, MINNEAPOLIS, MN.

Canvass workers at Sisters Camelot, a non-profit mobile food shelf and soup kitchen, have gone on strike today after the organization’s managing collective refused to negotiate with the canvass union. The workers went public as members of the Industrial Workers of the World on Monday, and met to negotiate with the collective this morning. This unionization comes after months of organizing among the workers in response to changes in the workplace, resulting in a decline in conditions and mismanagement of the worker’s time and the organization’s resources.

The strike began this afternoon at 12:30PM when the managing collective announced that they were unwilling to negotiate on any demands. The workers are now prepared to continue the strike by refusing to canvass door-to-door or conduct fundraising efforts until the collective comes back to the table ready to meet the workers’ demands.

Statement of solidarity from the members of Steel City GMB

Greetings Fellow Workers of Sister Camelot,

 

Firstly let us welcome all of you to the One Big Union! We send you this message in solidarity and in support of your fight. We are all inspired by what you are doing and stand right beside you all as you struggle to win. 

The path, we have no doubt, is not easy, and you will all be struggling in different ways, but you are not the first and will not be the last. All workers, must fight, and continue to fight if we are ever to improve our own lives. We are stronger together and you have all shown this by standing together as a union, as Fellow Workers. 

What you fight for now may be working conditions, but what it represents is an inspiration to other people in your town, in your industry, to people around the world who see you standing proudly holding your red cards. 

 

The union makes us strong and each one of you has made the union stronger through your actions.

 

Thank you for what you are doing, and we hope you see a quick victory! 

 

Solidarity forever!

 

Members of Sheffield General Members Branch, 

European Regional Administration

Industrial Workers of the World

Find out more, and donate at -

http://www.iww.org/en/content/breaking-non-profit-workers-go-strike-after-negotiations-fail

Sheffield General Members Branch Meeting Feb 25th

Hello all. 

The February GMB will take place on Monday the 25th at 7pm. 

There’s loads happening this month so please get down and join the discussions,

The venue is Sheffield Hallam Uni library so it’s nice and central. Its room 3.04 which is on the 3rd floor of the main library. Its a bit of a weird building if your not familiar with it so For directions please meet SF at the main entrance (he’ll be there from 6.45-7pm holding some obvious IWW signage) So the main street street level entrance is here.. by Odeon cinema.

 Then you have to walk down the maze like stairs to get to the actual library entrance

Sheffield IWW
General Members Branch Meeting
Monday 25th February

Meeting room 3.04 Adsetts library Hallam Uni
Sheffield Hallam University *Adsetts Learning Centre* (aka the library)

City Campus, Howard
Street, Sheffield S1 1WB
19:00 – 21:00
(email jen.fox.library@gmail.com for any additions/amendments to agenda)

Venue is wheelchair accessible.

 

Dates for your Calanders: Upcoming events in Jan/Feb

Hello wobbers. Thanks to everyone who came to the film showing yesterday!

Top time for everyone I think.  

Any ideas for the next film or event we should do? Documentary maybe? Or another 70′s classic perhaps? I wouldn’t mind seeing this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI5hrcwU7Dk

A few important meetings and get to gethers coming up in the next few weeks!

Organising Board Meeting

(where we get together to discuss how our organising is going and talk about individual problems)
 - Thursday 24th January, 7pm @ Dog & Partridge Pub, Trippet Lane.

Internal Bulletin Decision making meeting
> (Discussion of the proposals in the Internal Buleltin and we will
> make decisions of how the branch feels on these)
> – Monday 4th February, 7pm @ Fresh Start Cafe.

See Google maps for directions.

 If your not walking/cycling. The tram is the best way to get there. (Cafe is next to tram stop)

John Lewis IWW members to take part in BBC Radio 4 discussion.

Dear Fellow Workers

 Some news from down South. 

“

This is to inform you that BBC Radio 4 will be airing a programme about outsourcing which will feature members of the IWW who work as cleaning staff at John Lewis (we were contacted by the BBC a few weeks ago and got them in contact with these Fellow Workers). 

The programme will be broadcast this evening, 14 January 2013, on Radio 4 at 8:00 PM. After transmission it will be available to listen to for a week on the Radio 4 website at www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/

You will be able to find it by going to the Radio 4 website and searching for ‘The Outsourced’.

Happy listening!

 

For the One Big Union,”

(Floran Astraneiri

IWW-ERA Communications Officer)