Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

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

Fast food workers form union, hold action in Minneapolis

Workers at the fast food chain Jimmy John's have formed and IWW-affiliated union, presented demands…

Starbucks workers in Nebraska hold work stoppage

On 5th August 2010, baristas at a Starbucks in Omaha, Nebraska held a short work stoppage and demanded a reversal to the recession-era cuts that…

You fire the worker, we fire the boss – organising at the Showroom Cinema, Sheffield

A participant's account and critical reflections on an Industrial Workers of the World organising…

IWW organising in the 1970s

An interesting account of attempts of organising Industrial Workers of the World union shops in the US in the 1970s, which contains useful lessons on the tactic of organising small workplaces.

Don't Mourn, Organise!

Music and the IWW: the creation of a working class counterculture - RudolfTB

This article discusses how the early IWW used music both as an organising tool and as a means of…

The stopwatch and the wooden shoe: Scientific management and the Industrial Workers of the World

Mike Davis on the introduction of Taylorist management techniques to break up…

Fort Worth IWW

Wobblies organizing in Fort Worth Texas recently had local Starbucks Workers Union go public- report.

Seattle shipyards: the strike begins

The Seattle general strike of 1919

The detailed official history of the strike, in which the city was taken over by the workers, by the History Committee of the General Strike…

Sabotage - Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

An important historical text, published by the Industrial Workers of the World union outlining the nature and potential benefits of industrial…

Flaum Workers Attempt to Return to Work

Update on the NYC foodstuffs campaign: workers at Flaum attempt to return to work this morning.

A Country Considered to Be Free - New Zealand and the IWW

"Towards a Transnational Study of New Zealand Links with the Wobblies", an essay by Mark Derby which…

Ridge, Lola: anarchist and poet

A brief biography of Lola Ridge, New Zealand anarchist and poet by Mark Derby.