Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

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

Solidarity Unionism, Occupy, and the moral right of the working class to control the workplace

An article on the west coast Occupy port shutdowns and the IWW's model of …

Staughton Lynd’s remarks on Solidarity Unionism

Staughton Lynd's speech at the 2005 IWW Centenary in Chicago, Illinois.

No-strike clauses and the IWW

Juan Conatz on no-strike clauses, how they became common, what previous Wobblies thought of them and why they are bad for the IWW.

Small time unionism

Kevin S on the contradictions between being a union with more experience with smaller employers and growing to be able to exert power on bigger…

A Wobbly report from Greece

A member of the Twin Cities IWW reports back from Greece.

IWW Cleaners Protest at John Lewis Oxford St. Store

IWW cleaners at John Lewis going on strike

The independent union the Industrial Workers of the World has today served notice for strike action of cleaners at the John Lewis Partnership’s…

“We’ve been robbed long enough. It’s time to strike” : Remember the 1916 strike on Minnesota’s iron range

Jeff Pilacinski takes a look back at a 1916 IWW struggle in northern Minnesota.

A Reply to ‘One Big Union? The IWW in Australia’

In this article Ben D x368045 replies to a discussion and critique of the Australian IWW that appeared on the website of the Socialist…

The dialectic of exploitation and repression, forms of self-organization, and the avoidance of vulgar workerism

Gayge Operaista writes about some of the strengths and weaknesses of anarchist…

Seattle Solidarity Network

Striking back at bosses: solidarity networks and sexual assault

Members of the Twin Cities IWW take on a creepy boss through solidarity network-type tactics.

Reflections on the IWW (UK) National Strategy Conference – “organising the unorganised and the abandoned”

A report and reflection on the (relatively) recent strategy conference from a UK IWW member.

Sex work: Solidarity not salvation

An article by an Australian Wobbly sex worker advocating solidarity and syndicalism. Orginally published in the Autumn issue of Direct Action,…