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82 lines
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PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
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INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD
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The working class and the employing class have nothing in common.
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There can be no peace so long as hunger and want are found among
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millions of the working people and the few, who make up the
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employing class, have all the good things of life.
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Between these two classes a struggle must go on until the workers
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of the world organize as a class, take possession of the means of
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production, abolish the wage system, and live in harmony with the
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Earth.
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We find that the centering of the management of industries into
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fewer and fewer hands makes the trade unions unable to cope with
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the ever-growing power of the employing class. The trade unions
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foster a state of affairs which allows one set of workers to be
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pitted against another set of workers in the same industry,
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thereby helping defeat one another in wage wars. Moreover, the
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trade unions aid the employing class to mislead the workers into
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the belief that the working class have interests in common with
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their employers.
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These conditions can be changed and the interest of the working
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class upheld only by an organization formed in such a way that
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all its members in any one industry, or in all industries if
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necessary, cease work whenever a strike or lockout is on in any
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department thereof, thus making an injury to one an injury to
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all. Instead of the conservative motto, "A fair day's wage for a
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fair day's work," we mush inscribe on our banner the
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revolutionary watchword, "Abolition of the wage system."
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It is the historic mission of the working class to do away with
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capitalism. The army of production must be organized, not for
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everyday struggle with capitalists, but also to carry on
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production when capitalism shall have been overthrown. By
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organizing industrially we are forming the structure of the new
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society within the shell of the old.
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Workers, students, homemakers and homeless--this is your union.
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To join the Wobblies, send the following information to
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IWW 1095 Market Street, Suite 204, San Francisco, Ca 94103
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Name____________________ Occupation______________________
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Address______________________ City__________________________
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State/Prov____________________ Country________________________
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Phone_________________________
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Dues are $3 a month for those making less than $800 a month
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$9 a month for those making $800 to $1,700 a month
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$12 a month for those making over $1,700 a month
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Initiation fee is equal to one month's dues, so low income
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worker can join for $6.
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Make check to IWW.
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Total amount enclosed: $__________ Initiation_______ Dues________
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Membership includes a subscription to the "Industrial Worker".
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You also receive each month the General Organization Bulletin.
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The GOB is your vehicle to express your view to the membership.
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All policy decisions are made by the members themselves by
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referendum. All branches maintain full autonomy on matters within
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their jurisdiction. Job branches (IWW groups composed of workers
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at a single job-site) set their own demands and strategies in
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negotiations, free of meddling internationals or sell-out business
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agents.
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E-mail inquiries are welcome. Please send your questions to
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iww@igc.apc.org
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