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Fellow Workers, The 2026 summer issue of Industrial Worker is now available to print, read, and share! Read it now: industrialworker.org/new-print-is... #IWW #UnionStrong #UNION #workers #labor #solidarity #organizing #IndustrialWorkers

industrialworker.orgNew Print Issue Available!The 2026 Industrial Worker Summer issue is now available for download! Read or print it now at your leisure. This is a 5.5 by 8.5 inch booklet. 2026 3 IW SummerDownload
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The law is never your friend! Guest contributor Rasmus Hästbacka reports in from Sweden on how even in a country with "strong" legal protections, it means very little when bosses can and will fire workers for any reason! industrialworker.org/swedens-empl... #IWW #labor #workers #wobblies #union

industrialworker.orgSweden’s Employment Protection Act Is a JokeNicky Pe at Pixabay. Labor lawyer Rasmus Hästbacka writes about Sweden’s supposedly strong legal protection for workers. I often find myself in grim negotiations where the employer has already deci…
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Hot off the press! Johnny Silence writes about why today's union contracts DON'T get the goods for workers. industrialworker.org/labor-relati... #IWW #labor #workers #wobblies #Constitution #union #SolidarityUnionism

industrialworker.orgLabor Relations RealismOver the last 15 years labour activism has gone from being a marginal force on the left to one of the primary areas of focus for activists looking to change the world. Some of this is due to the wo…
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FW James Anderson reminds us of the national prison strike of September 2016 and the many factors that led to work stoppages and actions at more than 46 facilities. industrialworker.org/remembering-... #IWW #prison #labor #UnionStrong #wobblies

industrialworker.orgRemembering the First Nationally Coordinated Prison Strike 10 Years LaterA solidarity protest in Oakland, CA on 10 September 2016. Photo (c) Bradley Allen On a foggy day inside the Franklin Correctional Institution 10 years ago, prisoners refused to go to work, the chow…
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Summer issue of IW worker now digital! "If we take seriously the idea that unions like the IWW are 'the structure of the new society within the shell of the old' we need to accept the authority of our own rules. industrialworker.org/grifters-con... #IWW #labor #workers #wobblies

industrialworker.orgGrifters, Cons, and the IWWIn 1924 the Industrial Workers of the World was torn apart by scandal. Some argue that the Communist Party was at the root of it. Others argue the root of it was repression from after the first Wor…
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Portland, Seattle, Sacramento, Denver, Burlington, Chicago, Ypsilanti, New York City!!!! THE IWW IS COMING. Fire Your Boss starts July 31st. Register now for this online experience! industrialworker.org/why-we-need-... #iww #labor #unions #bosses #jobs #wobblies

industrialworker.orgWhy We Need Solidarity Unionism on an Industrial ScaleThe IWW Goes on Tour (Again) Tour Details and RSVP This summer, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) is once again going on tour nationally. Wobblies in multiple cities have organized the Fire…
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Exclusive IWW News! Report back from the Organizing Summit in Denver, CO! FW Noah L reviews selected panels, lessons, and the entertainment! industrialworker.org/the-denver-o... #iww #union #labor #organizing #denver #workers

industrialworker.orgThe Denver Organizing SummitWobs Gather in Denver for the 2026 Organizing Summit and Social FWs gathered at the 2026 Denver Organizing Summit. Courtesy FW Noah L. On April 25th and 26th, Wobs from cities ranging from Seattle …
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A FW discusses tactics in this response to two other pieces! "If we allow our focus to become growth among those who are politically sympathetic rather than among our coworkers, we are undercutting our very raison d’etre." industrialworker.org/letter-to-th... #IWW #hottakes #workers #union

industrialworker.orgLetter to the Editor: Response to “Rebuilding” and “Response”This editorial is a response to the November 13, 2025 article, “Rebuilding the IWW,“ and “A Response” published on May 1, 2026. Two recent articles published in Industrial Worker, “Rebu…
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Minneapolis is a union town! Fellow Worker Janelle connects the solidarity that creates May Day with the on-the-ground organizing of neighborhoods in Minneapolis. industrialworker.org/minneapolis-... #IWW #UnionStrong #unions #workers #labor #mayday #minneapolis #solidarity #organizing

industrialworker.orgMinneapolis is a Union TownThe first International Workers Day hinged on the May Day festival and the strike for the eight hour work week, according to activist Lucy Parsons, who was involved in planning the first May Day st…
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Consider making a donation to the Utah Phillips Caboose and Library, in honor of Utah’s Living Memory, preserving IWW history and making it available for future generations to learn from and enjoy. www.gofundme.com/f/restore-ut... Read more: industrialworker.org/the-long-mem... #IWW #workers #trains

gofundme.comDonate to Restore Utah Phillips' Caboose and Library, organized by Brendan PhillipsMy name is Brendan Phillips, and I am the youngest son of U. Utah Phillips… Brendan Phillips needs your support for Restore Utah Phillips' Caboose and Library
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Fellow Workers, The 2026 May Day issue of Industrial Worker is now available to print, read, and share! Read it now: industrialworker.org/new-print-is... #IWW #UnionStrong #unions #workers #labor #mayday #minneapolis #solidarity #organizing #trains #utahphillips

industrialworker.orgNew Print Issue Available!The 2026 Industrial Worker Spring issue is now available for download! Read or print it now at your leisure. This is a 5.5 by 8.5 inch booklet. 2026 1 IW Spring Half LetterDownload
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The IWW Printing and Publishing Workers Union and Freelance Journalists Union (PPWU-FJU) are doing a fundraiser for the Union of Journalists in Lebanon. industrialworker.org/in-solidarit... #IWW #unions #labor #lebanon #journalists

industrialworker.orgIn Solidarity with the Union of Journalists in LebanonIn light of the ongoing Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the Industrial Workers of the World Printing and Publishing Workers Union and Freelance Journalists Union expresses its solidarity with the Unio…
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'BUT WHY do we need to be connected to the labor left?' Asks Fellow Worker Carmen. This is a response to the piece on Rebuilding the IWW from November 2025. industrialworker.org/a-response-t... #IWW #labor #workers #union #wobblies #mayday #editorial #hottakes

industrialworker.orgA Response to “Rebuilding the IWW”This editorial is a response to the November 13, 2025 article, “Rebuilding the IWW.” Why do we need to be connected to the labor left? The fellow worker presents two main reasons: we ne…
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Today on Industrial Worker - Fellow Worker DC discusses May Day, its origins, and reflections for the present day. industrialworker.org/facets-of-ma... #IWW #labor #workers #union #wobblies #mayday #history #haymarket

industrialworker.orgFacets of MaydayA group of Wobblies congregate in Bellingham, WA for May Day in 1981. May Day has layers of meaning—some celebratory, others tragic—shaped across centuries. From its origins as a festival of spring…
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Fellow Worker Simon discusses the 2023 Southern Regional Organizing Summit, conclusions he's drawn from the metrics with our organizing, and wisdom from around the union. industrialworker.org/our-goals-ou... #IWW #labor #workers #union #wobblies #mayday #texas

industrialworker.orgOur Goals, Our Methods, Our EfficacySpecial thanks to x431037 for all the data crunching and graph making work that went into this article. The year was 2025. Austin, Texas, was hosting the Southern Regional Organizing Assembly (SROA…
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Extra, extra! Industrial Worker sat down with Fellow Worker Brendan Phillips, son of famous musician and labor activist Utah Phillips, to discuss the Utah Phillips Caboose and Library. industrialworker.org/the-long-mem... #IWW #labor #workers #union #wobblies #mayday #history #trains #railroad

industrialworker.orgThe Long Memory: Utah Phillips’ Caboose & LibraryUtah Phillips, his wife, and one of his sons standing on the front “porch” of the flanger. Brendan Phillips Industrial Worker recently sat down with Fellow Worker Brendan Phillips, son …
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The latest at Industrial Worker! FWs Lindsey and Mat from PA report back after attending a conference on sustainable agriculture and co-ops and how they’ve tied it into their IWW organizing. industrialworker.org/seedlings-of... #iww #labor #cooperatives #coops #farming #agriculture #sustainability

industrialworker.orgSeedlings of Solidarity: PASA 2026Members who attend educational and organizing events share what they learned with the members whose dues funded their attendance. This model seeks to recognize and follow the “each one teach …
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Rasmus Hästbacka of the Swedish union SAC highlights six leading ideas of syndicalism and their usefulness in contemporary class struggle. industrialworker.org/what-is-synd... #IWW #labor #workers #union #wobblies #syndicalist

industrialworker.orgWhat is Syndicalism and What is it Good For?Rasmus Hästbacka of the Swedish union SAC highlights six leading ideas of syndicalism and their usefulness in contemporary class struggle. Syndicalism has emerged from class struggle. It is an inte…
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The latest story on IW! Fellow Worker Tegan contrasts the typical protest with the more emotionally charged direct actions we are seeing out of Minnesota, and how that relates to organizing the workplace. industrialworker.org/this-is-not-... #union #iww #labor #organizing #ICE #Minnesota #protest

industrialworker.orgThis is Not a ProtestMinnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) organized a protest north on Central Avenue Northeast in Minneapolis on February 15, 2026. (c) Carly Danak, MPR news. Minneapolis shows us why we…
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Today Jean-Carl talks about how grievances are a “flashpoint” for direct action, citing the tactics of the Sakana IWW campaign of the late 20-teens. industrialworker.org/the-grievanc... #iww #labor #restaurantworker #workers #unions #wobblies #nlrb

industrialworker.orgThe Grievance, It’s In Our HandsIn his poem “The Grievance, It’s Out of My Hands,” Martin Glaberman lays bare the dead end of business unionism. He traces the life of a workplace grievance as it leaves the worker’s hands, passes …
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J.R. reminds us of who we are in this week's piece! "As the IWW grows and recruits workers beaten down...the idea will inevitably reappear that we can be a contract union “just like them,” but somehow radical about it...” industrialworker.org/why-we-oppos... #workers #iww #unions #wobblies #nlrb

industrialworker.orgWhy We Oppose the No-Strike ClauseJuly 15, 1922, Industrial Solidarity paper. From the IWW Materials Preservation Project, restored by x426914. These are my observations as a dual-card steward in one of the largest unions in the U.…
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Fellow Workers of Pittsburgh, PA and DC formed a delegation and attended the Union-Co-op Symposium in Cincinnati, OH. This is their report back! industrialworker.org/report-back-... #union #workers #IWW #wobblies #labor #cooperative #theory

industrialworker.orgReport Back: The 2025 Union Co-op SymposiumReport back from an IWW delegation to the 2025 Union Co op symposium CINCINNATI, OH–Both the Pittsburgh and DC General Membership Branches formed a delegation of Wobblies organizing in the cooperat…
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The International Confederation of Labor that the IWW is a member organization of has issued a statement on the ongoing genocide. industrialworker.org/icl-statemen... #Gaza #GazaGenocide #palestine #labor #workers

industrialworker.orgICL Statement On Gaza Genocide / La declaración de la CIT sobre el genocidio de GazaNote from the ICL Liaison: The ICL voted to remove mention of BDS in the official statement, but we are printing the original in support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement, which we hav…
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"This is how we win—not always in headlines or contracts, but in organizers made and infrastructure built. Each campaign is a school for struggle." industrialworker.org/gains/ From the Autumn print edition of Industrial Worker. #union #workers #IWW #wobblies #labor #restaurantlife #restaurantworkers

industrialworker.orgGainsCritics of the IWW often point to our lack of contracts and NLRB-certified bargaining units as proof that we don’t make lasting gains. But let’s be clear: their definition of gains is shaped by eig…
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The Phellow Workers of Philadelphia bring us the latest on a new historical marker dedicated to FW Ben Fletcher! industrialworker.org/philadelphia... #UnionStrong #union #workers #IWW #wobblies #labor

industrialworker.orgPhiladelphia IWW Unveils Historical MarkerPhiladelphia I.W.W. Unveils Historical Marker and Celebrates Local 8 and Ben Fletcher’s Legacy of Militant, Industrial Organizing On Saturday June 21, 2025 the Philadelphia Historical and Museum Co…
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Fellow Workers, we have a lot of exciting pieces to bring you! However, we are dealing with some unforeseen tech issues with the site. I am hoping to have it fixed by this afternoon. Thank you for your patience and sorry for the lull in exciting labor news! #iww #labor #industrialworker #unions

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The Little Red Songbook Committee has finalized the list of songs to be included in the new 39th edition, rough draft slated for September of next year. Can’t wait! industrialworker.org/for-the-litt... #union #workers #IWW #wobblies #labor #songs #workingclass

industrialworker.orgFor the Little Red Songbook1909 IWW Band Postcard. From the IWW Materials Preservation Project. Greetings Fellow Workers, The Little Red Songbook (LRS) Committee has been working for two years on the new 39th Edition of the …
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This is the eighth issue in the “Pacey Pratt the Sabo Cat” series. Today, workers deal with a traitor in their midst – Mr. Block himself! Let’s see how the workers deal with a rat. industrialworker.org/cartoon-face... (c) x423931 #comics #IWW #union #OneBigUnion #wobblies #workers #organizing

industrialworker.orgCartoon: Face-to-Face with Mr. BlockEditors note: This is the eighth issue in the “Pacey Pratt the Sabo Cat” series. Today, workers deal with a traitor in their midst – Mr. Block himself! Let’s see how the workers deal wi…
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The latest at Industrial Worker! FW Simon offers advice from across the union on identifying and avoiding burn out and sharing the workload! #union #IWW #OneBigUnion #organizing #labor #workers industrialworker.org/burnout-at-t...

industrialworker.orgBurnout at the Stakeart by Sara H. Solutions to Martyrdom Culture in Solidarity Unions It all began when fellow worker J told me about their experience in the Arab Spring. They explained that the revolutionaries in Ye…
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Today Industrial Worker sits down with artist Vika Lamasko to discuss her latest book, art, revolution, and liberatory movements! industrialworker.org/an-interview... #artist #IWW #union #OneBigUnion #russia #art #victorialamasko

industrialworker.orgAn Interview with Victoria Lamasko(c) Victoria Lamasko. Exiled Russian artist, Victoria Lomasko, sat down with Industrial Worker to discuss her latest book, The Last Soviet Artist, what it means to be a political artist, and how wo…
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Today FW Jay discusses the National Labor Relations Board and the flawed approach of mainstream unions in relying upon it as the Trump administration whittles away at its infrastructure. industrialworker.org/avoiding-the... #onebigunion #iww #labor #union #wobblies #workers #NLRA #NLRB #US

industrialworker.orgAvoiding the NLRBThe opening salvos of the second Trump administration have made clear that his administration aims to declare war on the labor movement and the working class. On January 28, President Trump fired t…
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The new Industrial Worker Winter/Spring '24-25 print edition is now available for download in small and large! industrialworker.org/industrial-w... #iww #industrialworker #onebigunion #unions #labor #wobblies #news

industrialworker.orgPrint IssuesPrior to mid-2020 when print subscriptions ceased, Industrial Worker had long been primarily a print newspaper. These print issues of Industrial Worker are finally available for your reading pleasu…
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Today we commemorate workers in the food industry. Food Fight: May Edition by Jean-Carl Elliott documents the historical struggles in the food industry each day. industrialworker.org/food-fight-m... #union #workers #IWW #wobblies #labor #restaurantlife #RestaurantWorkers

industrialworker.orgFood Fight: May EditionPizza Hut Workers Union, IU 460.Picture Source: Throughout history, working class people have stood up and fought back against oppression and exploitation in the food system. Each month, Food Fight…
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A FW from the Ypsilanti branch brings us this zine about restaurant workers and the labor revolution, hot off the presses! industrialworker.org/servants-in-... #RestaurantWorkers #IWW #OneBigUnion #union #labor #wobblies

industrialworker.orgServants in the Shadows: The Revolution Will Not Be 9-5“So I was getting myself ready for the revolution till I remembered I have work in the morning… the revolution will have to wait till after 5 PM I guess” ~ Apes of the State There is a concer…
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This month we commemorate workers in the food industry. Food Fight: April Edition by Jean-Carl Elliott documents the historical struggles in the food industry each day. industrialworker.org/food-fight-a... #union #workers #IWW #wobblies #Labor #restaurantlife #RestaurantWorkers

industrialworker.orgFood Fight: April EditionApril 23, 2011. SeaSol picket at Jimmy Johns. Throughout history, working class people have stood up and fought back against oppression and exploitation in the food system. Each month, Food Fight d…
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This is the seventh issue in the “Pacey Pratt the Sabo Cat” series. Today, Pacey Pratt teaches us that sticking together as a group is more effective than standing out when confronting the boss! industrialworker.org/cartoon-sick... #comics #IWW #union #OneBigUnion #wobblies #workers #organizing

industrialworker.orgCartoon: Sick Out, Don’t Stick OutEditors note: This is the seventh issue in the “Pacey Pratt the Sabo Cat” series. Today, Pacey Pratt teaches us that sticking together as a group is more effective than standing out when confrontin…
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This month we commemorate workers in the food industry. Food Fight: March Edition by Jean-Carl Elliott documents the historical struggles in the food industry each day. industrialworker.org/food-fight-m... #union #workers #IWW #wobblies #Labor #restaurantlife #RestaurantWorkers

industrialworker.orgFood Fight: March EditionMarch 30, 2013. Chicago Lake Liquors Picket in Minnesota. Throughout history, working class people have stood up and fought back against oppression and exploitation in the food system. Each month, …
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I will no longer be changing articles submitted in standard Canadian or British English to conform with simplified American English spelling. Also, I'm not going to change any mentions of the Gulf of Mexico or Denali to the "new" names we didn't ask for. -Editor

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KJ Choi educates us on the music of Joe Hill - a fitting soundtrack for a revolutionary union! industrialworker.org/that-gloriou... #IWW #Wobblies #labor #union #workers #joehill

industrialworker.orgThat Glorious Land Above the Sky: Heaven and Hell in the Songs of Joe HillMany classic union songs were written to the tune of religious songs. In a time when only the Salvation Army were legally allowed to speak on the street, Wobblies on soapboxes drowned them out by s…
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Peet’s Labor Union representing the workers of Peet’s Coffee in Berkeley, CA is facing union retaliation and severe discipline. We support Peet's Labor Union! #RestaurantWorkers #IWW #labor #union #workers industrialworker.org/peets-enacts...

industrialworker.orgPeet’s Enacts Sweeping Heavy-handed Discipline on Union MembersPeets Labor Union. Photo from PLU. Berkeley, CA–Peet’s Corporate is stonewalling the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) as we try to negotiate a first contract at the five Peet’s stores we work …