Jimmy John's Workers Picket in Baltimore
Submitted by Fnordie on Oct 20 2014 22:14
On October 19th, members of the IWW Jimmy John's Workers Union picketed their workplace to demand the rehiring of a worker who was targeted for his union membership.
Baltimore Jimmy John’s workers stop work, march on boss
Submitted by Fnordie on Aug 26 2014 04:25
On August 22nd, Jimmy John’s workers in Baltimore engaged in a short work stoppage and marched on the boss to demand the right to organize without retaliation.
Baltimore Jimmy John's workers announce IWW membership, present demands to management
Submitted by Fnordie on Aug 12 2014 13:39
A Jimmy John's Workers Union-IWW campaign has gone public in Baltimore, Maryland.
Whose strike?
An article about the Fight For 15 campaign, and how radicals should relate to it.
Brazil World Cup 2014: workers' deaths, racism, gentrification, and cultural terrorism
Submitted by working class s... on Dec 15 2013 13:15
A brief look at the deaths of four construction workers at the World Cup 2014 stadium construction sites, and at several other scandals associated with next summer's tournament, FIFA, event organisers, and the Brazilian political elite.
Can fast food organising breathe new life into a dying labour movement?
Submitted by John E Jacobsen on Dec 8 2013 22:26
A piece on the recent fast food campaigns launched by SEIU – their origins, means, and prospects for revitalizing the labor movement in the U.S.
Fight Forward: Why the Fast Food Strikes Are Important to Housing Justice
Submitted by Eviction Free Zone on Dec 5 2013 18:02
As the fast food strikes heat up, there are a lot of reasons housing justice activists should come out to support them.
Fast food unionism: the unionization of McDonald’s and the McDonaldization of unions
IWW organizer Erik Forman gives a broad background of the fast food industry, business union tactics, and draws out some directions that an autonomous movement of fast food workers could take to remedy the issues he identifies.
Beyond Thatcher : militant testimonies on miners’ struggles and British syndicalism from yesterday and today
This year, Margaret Thatcher’s death reminded us of the economic policies she initiated in Britain and her anti-social and anti-union fights. In the last months, Autre Futur [French syndicalist website and association] wished to go further and to conduct a series of interviews with different British unionists and syndicalists, about these past struggles but also about the present, in order to get a better grasp of issues which have emerged in recent decades.
The rise of the fast food worker
An article from US-based group, Unity & Struggle, on the prevalence of fast food work in the American economy.
