What is a workplace? Race, workplace struggle, and the IWW
Submitted by OliverTwister on Aug 10 2017 18:37
Factory committees, shop floors, collective bargaining, contracts. What do those words mean to you? Well, it depends on your life experience, of course. To me and other workers in my industry, those words have been associated with folks who have “real jobs.” You see, even though I work a real job in a real industry, all industries are not treated equally.
West London Amazon Flex worker's report
Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on Aug 7 2017 11:03
Self-employed worker's report about the ups and downs of driving for Amazon.
Sabotage in the American workplace: anecdotes of dissatisfaction, mischief and revenge
Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 21 2017 18:18
A truly fantastic study of everyday employee resistance at work. First person accounts of sabotage, beautifully illustrated and intermingled with related news clippings, facts and quotes.
Many faces! - Snapshots from distributing WorkersWildWest
Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on Jul 15 2017 08:10
During the distribution of WorkersWildWest we have had short conversations with various local workers. We collated them into a short article to be published and circulated in upcoming WorkersWildWest no.6 - we hope to be able to create a feedback loop.
From Solidarity Networks to Class Organisation in Times of Labour Hallucinations
Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on Jun 24 2017 13:28
Reflections on the relation between solidarity networks, workplace groups and class organisation, based on our modest experiences in west London. We see this effort in opposition to the current electoral surge and try to explain why.
Simple sabotage field manual
A manual for sabotage at the workplace, originally published in 1944 by the CIA's predecessor, the Office of Strategic Services for citizens of Nazi-occupied countries. It still has relevance for workers today who wish to sabotage their employers.
Careless: Care work in West London
Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on May 20 2017 09:25
A friend working in social care wrote down some experiences from the job. Of particular interest given the current debate about care crisis and election pledges.
Recupera el poder. Espacio para respirar, para la amistad y la solidaridad en el trabajo
Para hacer más pasable este amargo trago matutino de los lunes (o de cualquier otro día laborable) os dejamos el siguiente texto que hemos traducido, publicado originalmente por el colectivo londinense Angry Workers of the World en el número 5 de su periódico WorkersWildWest.
https://www.todoporhacer.org/recupera-poder/
Soldering on: report on working in a 3D-printer manufacturing plant in London
Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on Mar 24 2017 15:39
The first part of the article looks at the current hype around automation and post-industrialism. The second part looks at the concrete conditions in the west London factory, which largely employs female migrant workers.
Retail chain gangs: workers’ reports from the Sainsbury and Waitrose shop-floor
Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on Feb 7 2017 14:55
First-hand workers' reports by supermarket workers on their conditions and the scope for resistance in a time when the retail industry is in a huge state of flux, both in terms of concentration of ownership as well as technological changes such as online shopping and self-check out.
