Join & Build – SWA Membership & Membership Structure
A) Individual Membership: Upon application, resident workers in Southern states will be enrolled as members. Members are expected to make a monthly financial donation to SWA and to participate in SWA activities (as listed on their application form).
B) Membership Organization: Indlvidual members are encouraged to collectively build an organizational structure as follows:
- Workplace Committee (Cadre) – at least 5 SWA members in a non-union workplace;
- Local Workers’ Assembly in-formation – attempting to form a local assembly made up of workplace committees from at least 3 area workplaces. Assemblies in-formation may receive some assistance from SWA.
- Local Workers’ Assembly – upon application and approval by the SWA Coordinating Committee, a functioning Assembly will have 1 seat on the Coordinating Committee.
- Worker Networks Beyond the Local Assembly – Assemblies once established are encouraged to form Councils and occasional conferences and other forums for discussion among workers in a common state, occupation, industry, or corporation.
C) Supporting Membership: Upon application workers not residing or employed in a southern state will be enrolled as supporting members and will make an annual financial donation to SWA. They will be encouraged to assist in SWA organization-building in a variety of supporting roles (research, fund-raising, writing, teaching at the Workers School, etc)
D) Affiliations: Collective Bargaining Unions and other allied worker organizations may affiliate with SWA and participate in one or more Local Worker Assembly(s), upon completion of their own internal affiliation