Twelve London based members met at Conway Hall on 14th May and agreed to set up the branch and to meet regularly. It was also agreed to organise a stand at this year's TUC Respect festival in Finsbury Park and have a stall and meeting at October's Anarchist Bookfair. Copies of Bread and Roses have now been distributed to all London's left wing bookshops, and an IWW London hotline number is being set up. The branch will meet monthly. Meetings will alternate between business discussions and actions.
Plans are afoot next month to organise a leafleting of central London supermarkets.
The growth of membership in London and the strong support for the branch is a sign of the IWW's resurgence. May. The three are being imprisoned as a result of their stand against the Service Charges. This is an attack against the right of working-class people to organise and campaign against an unjust law. IWW members have been active in the campaign against the bin tax in Cork City. When Cork Corporation withdrew its refuse service from non payers in selected parts of the city, the campaigners began bringing their domestic rubbish to City Hall on Monday nights.