Between a rock and a hard place: thoughts on militant workers as reps Of late, I've been doing a lot of thinking on my role in the workplace. As many who read my blogs…
On worker control (of the staff meeting) A short blog detailing and analysing a low-level direct action in which I participated in the recent past.
Union maids Three women union activists tell their fascinating stories of organising in 1930s America, recounting their conflicts with bosses, police as well as their struggles against racism and sexism…
Fire the boss! NEFAC and anarchists in the labour movement A pamphlet published in early 2011 by the North Eastern Federation of Anarchist Communists (now…
‘A spontaneous loss of enthusiasm’: workplace feminism and the transformation of women’s service jobs in the 1970s - Dorothy Sue Cobble An analysis of the gendered dynamics in the class struggle in the 1970s US service…
We are all “amigos" J. Pierce talks about expectations of white workers to accept racism and division in the workplace.
Nasty, brutal and small - Workers Playtime An article published in the Playtime Omnibus on the possibility of workers' unity in small firms and the actions of atomised militants…
Staff rooms: a place to organise A recent article in The Guardian highlighted the possibility of the end of the school staff room. However, one aspect of the current regulation…
Lernia Correctional Facility: a story from a Swedish unemployment programme A short 'militant investigation' about struggles at a Swedish employment programme, run by 'Lernia',…
Workplace papers - Sojourner Truth Organization A 1980 pamphlet of a collection of writings on workplace organizing by the American based 'new communist movement' group, Sojourner Truth…
Office worker's survival guide The modern office is fraught with dangers. From the risk of getting fired, to stress, repetitive strain injury (RSI), mindnumbing boredom and…