{"id":4832,"date":"2017-04-28T14:01:25","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T14:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/?page_id=4832"},"modified":"2021-07-23T11:58:56","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T09:58:56","slug":"praeambel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/en\/ueber-uns\/praeambel\/","title":{"rendered":"Preamble"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n

Preamble<\/span><\/h2>\n
\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n

\"2\"\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
<\/div>\n
\n

The Preamble is the founding document and statement of principles and visions for the IWW. It has not changed considerably since the union\u2019s founding conference in Chicago, 1905. It is a powerful statement of intent which pulls no punches and refuses the compromises and \u2018partnership\u2019 attitudes of most contemporary unions. In the context of intensifying employer and government crackdowns on our hard-won pay and conditions, the Preamble resonates as strongly in the contemporary period as it did when it was first written.<\/p>\n

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.Between these two classes a struggle must go on until the workers of the world organise as a class, take possession of the means of production, abolish the wage system, and live in harmony with the Earth.<\/p>\n

We find that the centering of the management of industries into fewer and fewer hands makes the trade unions unable to cope with the ever growing power of the employing class. The trade unions foster a state of affairs which allows one set of workers to be pitted against another set of workers in the same industry, thereby helping defeat one another in wage wars. Moreover, the trade unions aid the employing class to mislead the workers into the belief that the working class have interests in common with their employers.<\/p>\n

These conditions can be changed and the interest of the working class upheld only by an organisation formed in such a way that all its members in any one industry, or in all industries if necessary, cease work whenever a strike or lockout is on in any department thereof, thus making an injury to one an injury to all.<\/p>\n

Instead of the conservative motto, \u201cA fair day\u2019s wage for a fair day\u2019s work,\u201d we must inscribe on our banner the revolutionary watchword, \u201cAbolition of the wage system.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is the historic mission of the working class to do away with capitalism. The army of production must be organised, not only for everyday struggle with capitalists, but also to carry on production when capitalism shall have been overthrown. By organising industrially we are forming the structure of the new society within the shell of the old.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/section>\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

Learn more about experiences of resistance<\/h2>\n

Colleagues of the IWW and it’s friends tell us about their losses and wins of their daily workplace organizing and other related topics such as unemployment, migration, sexism and so on.<\/p>\n

More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

What is organizing?<\/h2>\n

We call the systematic building of solidarty together with our colleagues “organizing”. If you will, you could say it they are combined methods of self-organization. What we mean by that we’ll tell you here.<\/p>\n

More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

\n

How to organize your workplace<\/h2>\n

Without strong relations you’re on your own and a better target for the bosses. That’s why we can only change things together. That is easier said than done. We give you some advice for your daily work and the people you can reach if needed.<\/p>\n

More<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4809,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4832","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nPreamble - Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in the German Language Area<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/ueber-uns\/praeambel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Preamble - Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in the German Language Area\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/ueber-uns\/praeambel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in the German Language Area\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iww.glamroc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-07-23T09:58:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/membership_prea.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@iwwglamroc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/ueber-uns\/praeambel\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/ueber-uns\/praeambel\/\",\"name\":\"Preamble - Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in the German Language Area\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/ueber-uns\/praeambel\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/ueber-uns\/praeambel\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/membership_prea.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-28T14:01:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-23T09:58:56+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/ueber-uns\/praeambel\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/ueber-uns\/praeambel\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/ueber-uns\/praeambel\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/membership_prea.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/membership_prea.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/ueber-uns\/praeambel\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Startseite\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u00dcber Uns\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/ueber-uns\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Pr\u00e4ambel\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/\",\"name\":\"Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) im deutschsprachigen Raum\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/iww_rs_normal.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/iww_rs_normal.png\",\"width\":372,\"height\":32,\"caption\":\"Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iww.glamroc\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/iwwglamroc\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCW6Hf3cbrK25QPtFwkgFPVw\",\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Industrial_Workers_of_the_World\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Preamble - Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in the German Language Area","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/ueber-uns\/praeambel\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Preamble - Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in the German Language Area","og_url":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/ueber-uns\/praeambel\/","og_site_name":"Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in the German Language Area","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iww.glamroc\/","article_modified_time":"2021-07-23T09:58:56+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/membership_prea.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@iwwglamroc","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/ueber-uns\/praeambel\/","url":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/ueber-uns\/praeambel\/","name":"Preamble - Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in the German Language Area","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/ueber-uns\/praeambel\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/ueber-uns\/praeambel\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/membership_prea.png","datePublished":"2017-04-28T14:01:25+00:00","dateModified":"2021-07-23T09:58:56+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/ueber-uns\/praeambel\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/ueber-uns\/praeambel\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/ueber-uns\/praeambel\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/membership_prea.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/membership_prea.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/ueber-uns\/praeambel\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Startseite","item":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u00dcber Uns","item":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/ueber-uns\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Pr\u00e4ambel"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/","name":"Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) im deutschsprachigen Raum","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/#organization","name":"Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)","url":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/iww_rs_normal.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/iww_rs_normal.png","width":372,"height":32,"caption":"Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iww.glamroc\/","https:\/\/x.com\/iwwglamroc","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCW6Hf3cbrK25QPtFwkgFPVw","https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Industrial_Workers_of_the_World"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4832\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wobblies.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}