http://www.iww.org/en/node/3812
Did people see this on the forming cross union rail caucus? It think this is a good example of what the IWW's strategy for dual carders could be. The only thing I'm not the most happy about is the 'electing officers who support our program' part, but as long as in practice the focus is on rank and file stuff, then I can deal with it being there formally. If we could have someway to develop a relationship with groups like this, perhaps even sponsor them in a way and send our people to their confrences etc that would be great. The FAT union in Mexico does work along these lines of supporting caucuses in other unions. UE does a little too, but differently in that they are trying to recruit them for affiliation (but that's not totally bad either).
Another example is the blood campaign by the UK wobs and the MLK holiday campaign by SBX. These are good examples of nation-wide campaigns around issues. In UK, I have no idea of whether there is a TUC union presence with these workers. I guess what I'm thinking about is teachers-- that's an example where people could take up a industry-wide campaign that united workers across an industry and across existing unions and potentially even non-union workers.
*A note on why I think the rail caucus seems (at least at this point) different from something like TDU, is that it is focused across an industry, not a specific union. I think this changes the dynamics in that instead of focusing on changing 'the union' (which most likely leads towards factional and bureacratic struggles), it is focused on conditions and issues across an industry and across various unions, making me believe it will lead more toward workplace militancy.
