We are the West Midlands IWW General Membership Branch for all workers, in all industries
West Midlands IWW made an appearance at the Unite organised National March for Jobs in Birmingham city centre on May 16th. Reports from the weekend suggested the event was the usual TUC demo affair with plenty of hot air bellowed from the platform. Yet again, another expensive PR exercise for a corporate partnership union to act as though it has some muscle. Nevertheless, the IWW is proud to stand along side the thousands of working class people who made the effort to come out on Saturday.
May 25th Bank Holiday at the Wagon and Horses, Digbeth, Birmingham.
FlierHard hitting political songs from David Rovics & Attila the
Stockbroker. A variety of food and stalls in the garden from 6pm
with performances following and DJs later in the evening. £6 in.
Fundraiser for the West Midlands Industrial Workers of the World,
the fighting union!
Attila first heard about David Rovics about eight years ago and
immediately got in touch: they did a UK tour in May 2002 and went
Friday 1st May 2009
8pm-2am
DJs, Bands, Acoustic, Films, Raffle and Food
Featuring Una Corda, D'Corner Bois, Dik Guru, Circadia, 10 O'Clock Horses, Dodgy Greg, Stacey, Bandit, Scampi, Rohit the Poet
All Welcome!!!!! Suggested donation £2
On the 4th April 2009, The West Midlands Industrial Workers of the World raised awareness of the threat of academy schools as a part of an International day for Education. The day was called by the CNT-F in response to the ever increasing encroachment of the private sector into education.
Spotting Bullying
Bullies tend to surround themselves with supporters and spies while cultivating allies in senior management. They create rivalries in the workplace, bringing out the worst in people as they try to be ‘in’ with the bully. Being bullied makes people feel vulnerable, isolated and frustrated, and may lead to stress related illnesses. It affects relationships with family and friends.
When the fat cat city ‘bankers’, stock broker, financial whiz kids and economists: the people who really run the country, the people who determine government policy on the economy and public spending (or lack of) and taxation, the people who cream off obscene personal fortunes for them selves and their rich buddies, when they get into a crisis as is inevitable, all of a sudden we have a bottomless pit of tax payers money available to bail them out.