Cleveland Metal and Machinery Workers 440 Shop Bulletins

The internal news and discussion publication of the Cleveland Industrial Union 440 Branch of the IWW. Issues from 1935-36. The IWW enjoyed a notable resurgence in Cleveland during the 1930s-40s, with IU 440 Metal and Machinery Workers organizing a number of small metal shops throughout the city.

Submitted by laborbund on May 8, 2016

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fnbrilll

8 years 7 months ago

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Submitted by fnbrilll on May 8, 2016

SO COOL! Thanks!

laborbund

8 years 7 months ago

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Submitted by laborbund on May 8, 2016

I'm sorry some of the pictures I took suck, they wouldn't let me scan.

Juan Conatz

8 years 7 months ago

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Submitted by Juan Conatz on May 8, 2016

Thanks for this

syndicalist

8 years 7 months ago

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Submitted by syndicalist on May 8, 2016

Excellent. I've seen a few in a library before
I've always found shop bulletins to be tremendously important reflections of the real organizational activities and so forth

syndicalist

8 years 7 months ago

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Submitted by syndicalist on May 8, 2016

"Where there are bachelors, there's no future Wobblies". V1, #4

laborbund

8 years 7 months ago

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Submitted by laborbund on May 8, 2016

I also have some GOBs from that time and the "labor newsletter" that 440 published post-WWII, but the photos I took of those are worse, to the point where some parts of the labor newsletters are unreadable to me. I could still put them up if there is interest.

syndicalist

8 years 7 months ago

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Submitted by syndicalist on May 8, 2016

I'd be interested

Sleeper

8 years 7 months ago

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Submitted by Sleeper on May 8, 2016

Is that iww policy?

syndicalist

"Where there are bachelors, there's no future Wobblies". V1, #4

syndicalist

8 years 7 months ago

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Submitted by syndicalist on May 8, 2016

Sleeper

Is that iww policy?

syndicalist

"Where there are bachelors, there's no future Wobblies". V1, #4

Naw, it's a quote from the workers correspondence section
I believe they suggested a wobbly matrimonial service. Check out it
For sure it was a goof

fnbrilll

8 years 7 months ago

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Submitted by fnbrilll on May 8, 2016

I read it as a work joke. There's a story about one IWW borrowing $10 from another IWW to take another IWW's daughter on a date.