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The official publication of the Industrial Workers of the World (North America)
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The International Confederation of Labor that the IWW is a member organization of has issued a statement on the ongoing genocide.

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#Gaza #GazaGenocide #palestine #labor #workers
ICL Statement On Gaza Genocide / La declaración de la CIT sobre el genocidio de Gaza
Note from the ICL Liaison: The ICL voted to remove mention of BDS in the official statement, but we are printing the original in support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement, which we hav…
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December 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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"This is how we win—not always in headlines or contracts, but in organizers made and infrastructure built. Each campaign is a school for struggle."
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From the Autumn print edition of Industrial Worker.
#union #workers #IWW #wobblies #labor #restaurantlife #restaurantworkers
Gains
Critics of the IWW often point to our lack of contracts and NLRB-certified bargaining units as proof that we don’t make lasting gains. But let’s be clear: their definition of gains is shaped by eig…
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November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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As promised, the 2025 Autumn issue of Industrial Worker is now available to print, read, and share!
Read it now:
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#IWW #UnionStrong #union #workers #labor #laborday #mayday #organizing
New Print Issue Available!
The 2025 IW Autumn issue is now available for download! Read or print it now at your leisure. 2025 IW AutumnDownload
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November 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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The Phellow Workers of Philadelphia bring us the latest on a new historical marker dedicated to FW Ben Fletcher!

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#UnionStrong #union #workers #IWW #wobblies #labor
Philadelphia IWW Unveils Historical Marker
Philadelphia I.W.W. Unveils Historical Marker and Celebrates Local 8 and Ben Fletcher’s Legacy of Militant, Industrial Organizing On Saturday June 21, 2025 the Philadelphia Historical and Museum Co…
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October 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Fellow Workers, we have a lot of exciting pieces to bring you! However, we are dealing with some unforeseen tech issues with the site. I am hoping to have it fixed by this afternoon. Thank you for your patience and sorry for the lull in exciting labor news! #iww #labor #industrialworker #unions
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October 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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IU640 Members of SE Michigan bring us this Restaurant Worker Manifesto!
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#Union #workers #IWW #wobblies #labor #restaurantlife #restaurantworkers
Restaurant Worker Manifesto
Demand Sick Days. By Jefferson Pierce. Introduction The restaurant industry stands at the frontlines of a new labor movement. A recent report reveals that the highest concentration of strikes in re…
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September 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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The Little Red Songbook Committee has finalized the list of songs to be included in the new 39th edition, rough draft slated for September of next year. Can’t wait!

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#union #workers #IWW #wobblies #labor #songs #workingclass
For the Little Red Songbook
1909 IWW Band Postcard. From the IWW Materials Preservation Project. Greetings Fellow Workers, The Little Red Songbook (LRS) Committee has been working for two years on the new 39th Edition of the …
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September 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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what is solidarity? “A weapon and not a word,” as Fellow Worker Noah L. reiterates…

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#unions #iww #wobblies #laborday #solidarity #workers
Solidarity Suffers Long and Is Kind
Fellow Workers David Helm, Scott Slaba, and Mary Thurtle. Food for People Soup Kitchen, Bellingham IWW. From the IWW Materials Preservation Project. Harry Bridges once said, “The most important wor…
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August 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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This is the eighth issue in the “Pacey Pratt the Sabo Cat” series. Today, workers deal with a traitor in their midst – Mr. Block himself! Let’s see how the workers deal with a rat.
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#comics #IWW #union #OneBigUnion #wobblies #workers #organizing
Cartoon: Face-to-Face with Mr. Block
Editors note: This is the eighth issue in the “Pacey Pratt the Sabo Cat” series. Today, workers deal with a traitor in their midst – Mr. Block himself! Let’s see how the workers deal wi…
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July 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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The latest at Industrial Worker! FW Simon offers advice from across the union on identifying and avoiding burn out and sharing the workload! #union #IWW #OneBigUnion #organizing #labor #workers
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Burnout at the Stake
art by Sara H. Solutions to Martyrdom Culture in Solidarity Unions It all began when fellow worker J told me about their experience in the Arab Spring. They explained that the revolutionaries in Ye…
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July 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Today Industrial Worker sits down with artist Vika Lamasko to discuss her latest book, art, revolution, and liberatory movements!
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#artist #IWW #union #OneBigUnion #russia #art #victorialamasko
An Interview with Victoria Lamasko
(c) Victoria Lamasko. Exiled Russian artist, Victoria Lomasko, sat down with Industrial Worker to discuss her latest book, The Last Soviet Artist, what it means to be a political artist, and how wo…
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June 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Today FW Jay discusses the National Labor Relations Board and the flawed approach of mainstream unions in relying upon it as the Trump administration whittles away at its infrastructure.

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#onebigunion #iww #labor #union #wobblies #workers #NLRA #NLRB #US
Avoiding the NLRB
The opening salvos of the second Trump administration have made clear that his administration aims to declare war on the labor movement and the working class. On January 28, President Trump fired t…
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May 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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The new Industrial Worker Winter/Spring '24-25 print edition is now available for download in small and large! industrialworker.org/industrial-w... #iww #industrialworker #onebigunion #unions #labor #wobblies #news
Print Issues
Prior to mid-2020 when print subscriptions ceased, Industrial Worker had long been primarily a print newspaper. These print issues of Industrial Worker are finally available for your reading pleasu…
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May 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Amazing to see that the Michigan AG was forced to drop the charges against pro-Palestine student protestors—who rejected the plea deals they were originally offered!! Big win. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
Charges dropped against 7 pro-Palestine protesters at University of Michigan
The charges were dropped on a motion from the attorney general's office.
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May 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Today we commemorate workers in the food industry. Food Fight: May Edition by Jean-Carl Elliott documents the historical struggles in the food industry each day.

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#union #workers #IWW #wobblies #labor #restaurantlife #RestaurantWorkers
Food Fight: May Edition
Pizza Hut Workers Union, IU 460.Picture Source: Throughout history, working class people have stood up and fought back against oppression and exploitation in the food system. Each month, Food Fight…
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April 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Today a Fellow Worker revisits the 1970 wildcat strike that brought significant quality-of-life gains to postal workers across the United States. A much-needed reminder of worker power!

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#postalworkers #wildcat #OneBigUnion #history #union #labor #wobblies #USPS
Postal workers picketing over wages in 1970. Signs say "strike now, paid benefits, living wage" and "Strike letter carries for better wages."
April 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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A FW from the Ypsilanti branch brings us this zine about restaurant workers and the labor revolution, hot off the presses!

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#RestaurantWorkers #IWW #OneBigUnion #union #labor #wobblies
Servants in the Shadows: The Revolution Will Not Be 9-5
“So I was getting myself ready for the revolution till I remembered I have work in the morning… the revolution will have to wait till after 5 PM I guess” ~ Apes of the State There is a concer…
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April 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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This month we commemorate workers in the food industry. Food Fight: April Edition by Jean-Carl Elliott documents the historical struggles in the food industry each day.

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#union #workers #IWW #wobblies #Labor #restaurantlife #RestaurantWorkers
Food Fight: April Edition
April 23, 2011. SeaSol picket at Jimmy Johns. Throughout history, working class people have stood up and fought back against oppression and exploitation in the food system. Each month, Food Fight d…
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March 31, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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This is the seventh issue in the “Pacey Pratt the Sabo Cat” series. Today, Pacey Pratt teaches us that sticking together as a group is more effective than standing out when confronting the boss!

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#comics #IWW #union #OneBigUnion #wobblies #workers #organizing
Cartoon: Sick Out, Don’t Stick Out
Editors note: This is the seventh issue in the “Pacey Pratt the Sabo Cat” series. Today, Pacey Pratt teaches us that sticking together as a group is more effective than standing out when confrontin…
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March 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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The Fellow Workers Enfields take us on a tour through the events of the Centralia tragedy, marker by marker.
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#labor #IWW #union #wobblies #OneBigUnion
Our Trip to Centralia
The IWW monument in Centralia’s George Washington Park. Photo by D. Tucker CENTRALIA, WA–As we study IWW history we come across the 1919 Centralia story, which is also called the Centralia Massacre…
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March 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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This month we commemorate workers in the food industry. Food Fight: March Edition by Jean-Carl Elliott documents the historical struggles in the food industry each day.
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#union #workers #IWW #wobblies #Labor #restaurantlife #RestaurantWorkers
Food Fight: March Edition
March 30, 2013. Chicago Lake Liquors Picket in Minnesota. Throughout history, working class people have stood up and fought back against oppression and exploitation in the food system. Each month, …
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March 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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I will no longer be changing articles submitted in standard Canadian or British English to conform with simplified American English spelling.
Also, I'm not going to change any mentions of the Gulf of Mexico or Denali to the "new" names we didn't ask for.
-Editor
February 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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KJ Choi educates us on the music of Joe Hill - a fitting soundtrack for a revolutionary union!
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#IWW #Wobblies #labor #union #workers #joehill
That Glorious Land Above the Sky: Heaven and Hell in the Songs of Joe Hill
Many classic union songs were written to the tune of religious songs. In a time when only the Salvation Army were legally allowed to speak on the street, Wobblies on soapboxes drowned them out by s…
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February 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Peet’s Labor Union representing the workers of Peet’s Coffee in Berkeley, CA is facing union retaliation and severe discipline. We support Peet's Labor Union!

#RestaurantWorkers #IWW #labor #union #workers
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Peet’s Enacts Sweeping Heavy-handed Discipline on Union Members
Peets Labor Union. Photo from PLU. Berkeley, CA–Peet’s Corporate is stonewalling the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) as we try to negotiate a first contract at the five Peet’s stores we work …
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February 14, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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One Fellow Worker says "No NLRB? No Problem" in response to the Trump firings at the NLRB last week. Read more at Industrial Worker!

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#unions #workers #IWW #wobblies #labor #organize #Opinion #NLRB
February 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM