Tyne and Wear
Tyne and Wear BannerWelcome to Tyne and Wear Branch
We are a growing group here in the North-East of England who have been chartered as a General Membership Branch.
We meet monthly. Please contact us for details on tyneandwear@iww.org.uk
You are very welcome to join us as we seek to build the One Big Union in this area
Tyne and Wear Branch Meeting
Fri, 15/08/2008 - 5:47am — tynephilRegular meeting of the Tyne and Wear Branch
First Annual Working Class Bookfair Success
This was held in Durham City on Saturday 3rd November 2007. Billed as being “In the spirit of the Big Meeting” (i.e. the Durham Miner's Gala), this event was sponsored by Tyne and Wear IWW and North East Area NUM.
The fair was conceived to cater for those with an interest in radical politics and North East labour history, as the region has no bookshops dedicated to these subjects.
The Bridge, The Balloon and the Bar
One local Wobbly describes how ................
.......... It began on a winter Sunday afternoon on the banks of the Tyne. In a bracing wind, the Secretary of the IWW British Isles Regional Organising Committee, two Wobs (yours truly being one of them) and a potential recruit met in Gateshead to talk about the future. By the end of the meeting, we were three willing members of the embyonic Tyne and Wear General Members Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World.
