accounts

The first congress of the Red Trade Union International at Moscow, 1921. A report of the proceedings by George Williams, delegate of the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World).

A short account of working at Apple by a hacker employed there. Originally published in 2600 - The Hacker Quarterly

An account by anarchist and union organizer Rose Pesotta of the 1936 Akron rubberworkers strike,…

A significant amount of organizing experience in the IWW comes from working in relatively small workplaces such as stand-alone single shops or…

Bob Potter's previously unpublished 2004 recollections of his involvement in the libertarian…

First of a series of articles about casual work. This one is looking at a Christmas casual job in distribution. Please contact the authors if you…

A fascinating, moving and, at times, harrowing first-hand account of life as a Palestinian female political prisoner in Israel, the conflicts and…

An account by Demogorgon, a left communist clerical worker and member of the International Communist…

The Vancouver 5, or Squamish 5, were five Canadians convicted in the early 80s of (successfully)…

Fancy a challenge? Try keeping your politics intact whilst working with ordinary, apolitical workmates to build an unofficial union. Apolitical…

An inspiring first person account of employee sabotage in a pensions call centre, where workers helped customers recoup forgotten pension…

A good while back, I wrote a blog post about contract issues at the English language school I work…