Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

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

IWW cleaners at John Lewis in new pay dispute

On Monday 12th November 2012 the Industrial Workers of the World union (IWW) lodged a fresh pay dispute on behalf of outsourced cleaners at John…

no-politics

"No politics in the union"? Come off it

This blog post argues that "No politics" is a bad idea and an inaccurate description of the IWW.

Tresca, Carlo, 1879-1943

Short biography of the Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca, written by Nunzio Pernicone.

2012 Work People's College report back

The following is a report back from the 2012 Work People's College by two Wobblies from Vancouver.

Building relationships and community in an IWW workplace committee

A fellow IWW member sent us this article about the importance of relationship building in our…

UAW-CIO Local 75 Election

Personal histories of the early CIO

Transcript of a talk given by 5 people who were involved in CIO organizing in the 1930s.

They didn't suppress the Wobblies - Fred Thompson

An article by Fred Thompson contesting the myth that the IWW was smashed by repression during World War I.

Average Wobbly Time

An article by John O'Reilly about people's time in an organization and what it can be spent on.

Outside the house of labor

John O'Reilly on how the labor movement talks about itself and how he interprets it as a member of the IWW.

Don’t be a jerk about bad ideas

An article by John O'Reilly on how to conduct yourself in relation to people who you think have bad ideas in an organization.

Industrial Worker (Spokane, Seattle: 1909-1930)

A summary of the University of Washington's microfilm collection of the Industrial Worker newspaper.

Review of Fighting for ourselves

Juan Conatz reviews a new pamphlet by Solidarity Federation. We’re excited about the new pamphlet. You can read excerpts from it here.