IWW Members
Nov 4 2006
We're taking a census of wobblies on here. If people could post up their branch and industry that would be great. I'll start:
Branch: SF Bay Area
Industry: Unemployed/Student 
Nov 4 2006
#2
branch: Portland GMB
Industry: unemployed, but health care.
Nov 4 2006
#3
Branch: Leicestershire
Industry: education
Nov 4 2006
#4
Branch: Norfolk
Industry: Agriculture
Nov 4 2006
#5
Just a reminder to all folks on here that you can click "My Profile" and add details such as their city and industry in there to help network with others on the site as well.
Nov 4 2006
#6
branch: north east
Industry: local government admin?
Nov 4 2006
#7
branch: Twin Cities
industry: education
I like John's idea of putting this stuff on profiles - IWW membership, branch, and industry.
Nov 4 2006
#8
why aye man wrote:
branch: north east
Industry: local government admin?
NE US, or UK?
government stuff is '650', which is a pretty worthless category (everything from non-profit, legal assistants, government employees, etc).
Nov 4 2006
#9
Actually I really think libcoms industrial classification is worth a look at least for comparison to the CIC project.
Nov 4 2006
#10
Branch- Washington DC GMB
Industry- Student/unemployed
Nov 5 2006
#11
ne uk. I sometimes wonder about the division into little "industries" and if it has any meaning. For instance, I do much the same job now as I did when I first joined IWW - but i used to work in a college and was therefore in Education industry. A minor point really.
Nov 5 2006
#12
London - healthworker
Nov 5 2006
#13
why aye man wrote:
ne uk. I sometimes wonder about the division into little "industries" and if it has any meaning. For instance, I do much the same job now as I did when I first joined IWW - but i used to work in a college and was therefore in Education industry. A minor point really.
idea behind it is that industrial unions unite people by workplace, rather than by occupation. Obviously not that important if you haven't got a workplace branch going, but pretty crucial if you do.
Nov 6 2006
#14
branch: all-singing-all-dancing-newly-chartered London GMB
industry: education
Quote:
Actually I really think libcoms industrial classification is worth a look at least for comparison to the CIC project.
is the CIC still chugging away? i thought it was just a temporary thing
Nov 6 2006
#15
Blacknred Ned wrote:
Branch: Norfolk
Industry: Agriculture
that's interesting actually. most of our members are urban dwellers/workers i think. how do you find working in agriculture as a wobbly? the countryside seems so indefinitely right-wing nowadays.
Nov 6 2006
#16
Well, I'm new to being a wobbly but not to being the only anarchist for miles around. Since I last lived in a city (London 1995) I have experienced the best and the worst of rural life; I gave up pretending to be an academic and became an organic grower; let's just say that it's done nothing to blunt my politics!
The countryside is right-wing in some respects, but I think that it is also somewhere where you can find a lot of hard working self-reliant people, often very neighbourly and practising mutual aid just to keep going on from day-to-day.
There's nothing like living in the countryside though as a reminder of just how far we have to go to create meaningful change; of how the privileged few live; and of how bloody useless the kind of ivory tower posturing that comes of breathing the rarified metropolitan air can be.
Nov 6 2006
#17
by the way, is IU 680 for, say, domestics (viz, maids)?
Nov 6 2006
#18
and unwaged homeworkers (such as wives).
Nov 6 2006
#19
OliverTwister wrote:
and unwaged homeworkers (such as wives).
i was afraid of that.
Nov 7 2006
#25
London GMB
Nov 10 2006
#26
branch: Leicestershire
industry: education
Nov 13 2006
#27
Branch: Unfortunately none up my way - yet
Industry: Education
Nov 13 2006
#28
Branch: Clydeside GMB
Industry: Horticulture (self-employed) & Computing
Nov 29 2006
#29
Branch: DC IWW group, ex-San Francisco and Chicago GMBs
Industry: Public Service or Entertainment depending on who you talk to (I'm a minister)
Nov 29 2006
#30
No branch although there are a few wobblies here in NC. Hopefully we'll get something organized in the next few years.
Industry: 620 (student).
Wobbly Preacher,
Quote:
"Industry: Public Service or Entertainment depending on who you talk to (I'm a minister)
Do you enjoy Joe Hill's songs? (pie in the sky)
Branch: Edmonton GMB
Industry: Transportation