The working class and the employing class
have nothing in common.
There can be no peace so long as
hunger and want are found among millions
of the working people and the few,
who make up the employing class,
have all the good things of life.
-IWW Preamble
Hellraisers Journal, Friday August 17, 1906
From the Montana News: I. W. W. Convention Call
CONVENTION CALL.
“Labor Is Entitled to All it Produces!”
To the Industrial Workers of the World:Pursuant to a decision of the General Executive Board and in acquiescence with a call supported by eighteen (18) local unions, the convention of the Industrial Workers of the World is hereby called for Monday, September 17th, 1906, in the City of Chicago, Ill.
All the specifications regarding representations and hotel accommodations were embodied in the first call issued for the proposed convention in June. In response, many organizations elected delegates; many unions failed to elect delegates, awaiting the results of the last referendum on the proposition of again postponing the convention. Many of those having elected delegates would, perhaps, wish to annul the first election and proceed to elect other delegates.
The credentials issued with the first call are valid, only date need be changed. Unions not having received credentials and duplicate should immediately notify headquarters and they will be supplied.
Again we wish to emphasize that the representation at the convention is based on the national dues paid to the general organization for the last six months of each fiscal year. Since the convention dates have been changed, the General Executive Board has decided that the fiscal year terminate on August 1st. So the basis of representation will be determined by the dues paid between February 1st and July 31st, 1906, for such organizations as are in existence for that length of time.
We need not urge upon the members of the I. W. W. the importance of this convention. A large attendance by delegates is expected.
Fraternally Yours,
W. E. TRAUTMANN,Gen’l. Sec’y-Treas.
CHAS. E. SHOEMAN [SHERMAN],
General President.—–
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SOURCE
Montana News
“Owned and Published by the
Socialist Party of Montana”
(Helena, Montana)
-Aug 16, 1906
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W. E. Trautman and C. O. Sherman
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There Is Power In A Union – Utah Phillips
Lyrics by Joe Hill