Why should a house community or an initiative enter in the tenants’ union (MGB)?

In order to build real counter-power as a tenants’ movement, we need to position ourselves better in our struggles. We need long-term structures that preserve members and knowledge beyond individual struggles. We must move away from fragmentation and work together on common concerns. The Berlin Tenants’ Union (MGB) offers a structure in which we can reflect on our means of struggle and develop long-term strategies.
Ressources that the union can offer to your group or initiative:
- Access to the MGB’s knowledge repository, e.g. on past struggles, functional strategies, specific owners, organizing and much more.
- Monthly budget
- Open and free collective consultation with laywers from the legal working group
- Digital and IT infrastructure, including an official subpage in our website, email addresses and lists, membership administration
- Storage location for long-term information collection, public or internal
- Regular trainings with experienced organizers, expertise of the membership and contact to other initiatives and tenants’ struggles
- Access to the internal cloud, chat, project-planing tool, calender, wiki and much more
- Online support for legal, organizing and IT questions
- Security for member with the representation of the tenants’ union, support in legal cases
The membership of your group requires:
- At least three persons should become members of the union
- Being reachable and report ca. 3x per year what are you working on (for the newsletter)
- Supporting common struggles according with your capacities
- Following our small internal bureaucracy
- Following the guidelines on collective behavior
- Mentioning the union as a partner sttructure
- Sharing expertise and experiences with the union
How to become a member:
- Fill the form
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🟡 Applicant
↓ - Pay the membership fee (from 3 € per monthly)
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🟢 Member
↓ - Participate in the newcomers workshop
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💜 Full member
