London General Membership Branch

London IWW

London General Membership Branch is an active and growing branch of the IWW. The main sectors represented in and around London are education, retail/restaurants and construction, although we welcome all workers, students and unemployed to join. Our education workers' committee also publishes a termly freesheet, workingclassroom. Contact us if you would like to be posted a copy, or a bundle to distribute to friends and colleagues.

Organising in London

If you wish to organise at your workplace, don't hesitate to contact us. We have experienced, committed volunteers who will help you build a union presence on the job through innovative direct action and sound legal knowledge on disciplinary and grievance issues. We are also able to support workers in the surrounding towns outside London, such as Croydon, Watford and Brentwood. With the IWW you can be sure of sound advice, solid support and a friendly community of activists. We pride ourselves on autonomy, militancy and solidarity.

Monthly Meetings

London IWW meets every second Thursday of the month from 7 to 9 PM, usually in one of the meeting rooms of the Brunei Gallery at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), Thornhaugh Street, Russel Square, London WC1H0XG; closest tube station: Russell Square (click here for map location please contact us at london@iww.org.uk for meeting venue details). This meeting place is disability friendly. If you have any special needs please contact us and we will do our utmost to meet your requirements. If you have children, you are welcome to bring them to the meeting.

No to Workfare at Royal Mail, April 2nd, 11am

Posted 26 Mar 2012 by borzoj@aktivix.org

London GMB supports the following open letter to CWU against workfare at Royal Mail and the callout for a picket at CWU HQ at 150 The Broadway, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1RX on April 2 at 1100:

Open Letter to all members of the Communication Workers Union, (CWU)

London IWW GMB Monthly meeting - 14 June, SOAS

Posted 17 Mar 2012 by astrenoir

Start: 14/06/2012 19:00

End: 14/06/2012 21:00

London IWW meets every second Thursday of the month from 7 to 9 PM in one of the meeting rooms of the Brunei Gallery at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), Thornhaugh Street, Russel Square, London WC1H0XG; closest tube station: Russel Square (click here for map location). Please email us at london[at]iww.org.uk to find out the exact venue for this meeting. Our current meeting is disability friendly.

London IWW GMB Monthly meeting - 10 May, SOAS

Posted 17 Mar 2012 by astrenoir

Start: 10/05/2012 19:00

End: 10/05/2012 21:00

Congratulations to the IWW Cleaners on their Exchange Tower victory, from London IWW GMB

Posted 12 Mar 2012 by astrenoir

London IWW GMB, 10/03/2012 - The members of the London IWW General Membership Branch extends their warmest congratulations to their Fellow Workers of the IWW Cleaners and Allied Trades Branch on their latest victory in securing the London living wage for the Exchange Tower cleaners on 5th March 2012.

IWW Boycott Workfare Leaflet! Print and Distribute far and wide!

Posted 1 Mar 2012 by astrenoir

The London IWW GMB has produced these very cool Boycott Workfare leaflets! Feel free to download, print and distribute the leaflets as widely as possible!!! (PDF and Graphic files of the leaflet at the bottom of this page).

Victory for the Electricians! - Congratulations from the London IWW GMB

Posted 17 Feb 2012 by astrenoir

17/02/2012 | London IWW GMB - In what could be a major breakthrough for rank and file action, Balfour Beatty has withdrawn the imposed ‘BESNA’ contracts at the heart of a 7-month dispute. Balfour Beatty and six other construction companies were aiming to scrap longstanding pay and conditions arrangements and impose new contracts on sparks and other workers, involving deskilling and cuts in pay and allowances of up to 35% - with threats of dismissal for those not signing up.

Demo to Reinstate Alberto Durango at Heron Tower, Friday 10th February 2012

Posted 14 Feb 2012 by astrenoir

London IWW GMB -- Last Friday, 10th February, the IWW IU 640 Cleaners and Allied Trades Industrial Union staged a lively two-hour demonstration outside Heron Towers to protest the unfair sacking of their Branch Secretary, Alberto Durango, and demand his reinstatement.

London Wobs' Solidarity Picket with IWW Pizza Hut Union

Posted 4 Feb 2012 by astrenoir

London Saturday 04 February 2012 - Over twenty London Wobblies and sympathisers braved the cold today at a very successful picket targeting one of Pizza Hut's larger London restaurants at the Strand.

LONDON IWW PIZZA HUT PICKETS this SAT 4 Feb - London IWW GMB.

Posted 1 Feb 2012 by astrenoir

Start: 04/02/2012 13:00

End: 04/02/2012 18:00

Dear Fellow Workers & Comrades,

PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY

This Saturday, come join the London Wobblies in Solidarity with the IWW Pizza Hut Workers to demand better conditions for Pizza Hut staff! Come many, come noisy!!