Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

Content by or about the revolutionary union Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).

99% needs a raise

Venture syndicalism: fanning and dousing the flames of discontent

Article from the Industrial Worker newspaper on fast food strikes in the U.S.

The Seattle general strike, 1919 - Jeremy Brecher

Jeremy Brecher's historical account of the general strike and takeover of the city by workers in Seattle in 1919.

Deja Vu (Part 1 of 2): the parallels between the Sisters’ Camelot & Jimmy John’s anti-union campaigns

Two Jimmy Johns workers compare the anti-union drives at their workplace and at…

Philip Josephs

100 years of anarchism in New Zealand celebrated today

100 years ago today, 9 July, the Freedom Group was formed in Wellington, New Zealand.

Elizabeth Flynn

Memories of the Industrial Workers of the World - Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

Transcript of a speech Elizabeth Flynn made to students at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb on…

The IWW in Canada- G. Jewell

Leaflet on the birth and history of the Canadian section of Industrial Workers of the World. The author later became involved with fascist groups…

KKK and IWW wage drawn battle in Greenville, 1924

A 1924 article from the Portland Press Herald about conflict between the Industrial Workers of the World and the the Ku Klux Klan.

A 100-year-old idea that could transform the labor movement

An article by Daniel Gross suggesting that the old Local 8 of the IWW has lessons to teach the labor…

Building the One Big Union: the organizing campaign

An article by Alex Erickson on IWW organizing campaigns on how they are what will build the IWW.

The struggle continues at Chicago-Lake Liquors - John O'Reilly

A reportback of a IWW picket in Minneapolis of Chicago-Lake Liquors, which fired 5 organizers in…

Working at Artistry Bakery and Cafe - Madaline Dreyfus

In this article, Madaline tells the story of how she fell into organizing and the IWW – pushed both…

IWW liquor store workers in Minneapolis fired for union activity

Some updates on a recent IWW campaign in Minneapolis, in which 5 workers were fired for organizing.