workplace activity

Collection of writings by Stan Weir, a socialist who worked as a seaman, teamster, longshoreman, house painter, and auto assembler (among other…

A brief piece about flying pickets and independent worker's groups and how these play out in the…

Scott Nappalos talks about some ineffective ways of workplace organizing and how we can address these habits.

Originally written for and circulated at the 2010 US Social Forum in Detroit, Alex advocates an…

A response by a member of the Seattle-based Black Orchid Collective to 'Direct Unionism: A Discussion Paper'

The History of Dalmuir R.O.F. is the history of any other war-time factory, it is the story of the…

An account of a work stoppage over the issue of gloves being supplied in a factory.

Stan Weir compares wildcat strikes in Poland and San Diego and their basis in the 'informal work…

Stain Weir writes about direct action and on-the-job union leadership as a merchant marine in the 1940s.

Stan Weir on some of his life experiences at work and what he saw as the "the only organizational form opposed to formal bureaucracies which…

A look at the exchange between Stan Weir and Sam Friedman on workplace organisation. The following article, which has been slightly edited for…

In the summer of 2011 Canadian government legislation ordered Canadian postal workers back to work…