Seedlings of Solidarity: PASA 2026 Members who attend educational and organizing events share what they learned with the members whose dues funded their attendance. This model seeks to recognize and follow the “each one teach …

The latest at Industrial Worker! FWs Lindsey and Mat from PA report back after attending a conference on sustainable agriculture and co-ops and how they’ve tied it into their IWW organizing.

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What is Syndicalism and What is it Good For? Rasmus Hästbacka of the Swedish union SAC highlights six leading ideas of syndicalism and their usefulness in contemporary class struggle. Syndicalism has emerged from class struggle. It is an inte…

Rasmus Hästbacka of the Swedish union SAC highlights six leading ideas of syndicalism and their usefulness in contemporary class struggle.

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This is Not a Protest Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) organized a protest north on Central Avenue Northeast in Minneapolis on February 15, 2026. (c) Carly Danak, MPR news. Minneapolis shows us why we…

The latest story on IW! Fellow Worker Tegan contrasts the typical protest with the more emotionally charged direct actions we are seeing out of Minnesota, and how that relates to organizing the workplace.

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The Grievance, It’s In Our Hands In his poem “The Grievance, It’s Out of My Hands,” Martin Glaberman lays bare the dead end of business unionism. He traces the life of a workplace grievance as it leaves the worker’s hands, passes …

Today Jean-Carl talks about how grievances are a “flashpoint” for direct action, citing the tactics of the Sakana IWW campaign of the late 20-teens.
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New Print Issue Available! The 2026 IW Winter issue is now available for download! Read or print it now at your leisure. This is a 5.5 by 8.5 inch booklet. 2026 1 IW WinterDownload

Hot off the press! The 2026 Winter issue of Industrial Worker is now available to print, read, and share!
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Why We Oppose the No-Strike Clause July 15, 1922, Industrial Solidarity paper. From the IWW Materials Preservation Project, restored by x426914. These are my observations as a dual-card steward in one of the largest unions in the U.…

J.R. reminds us of who we are in this week's piece!
"As the IWW grows and recruits workers beaten down...the idea will inevitably reappear that we can be a contract union “just like them,” but somehow radical about it...”
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Report Back: The 2025 Union Co-op Symposium Report back from an IWW delegation to the 2025 Union Co op symposium CINCINNATI, OH–Both the Pittsburgh and DC General Membership Branches formed a delegation of Wobblies organizing in the cooperat…

Fellow Workers of Pittsburgh, PA and DC formed a delegation and attended the Union-Co-op Symposium in Cincinnati, OH. This is their report back!

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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…

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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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…

"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.
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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

As promised, the 2025 Autumn issue of Industrial Worker is now available to print, read, and share!
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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…

The Phellow Workers of Philadelphia bring us the latest on a new historical marker dedicated to FW Ben Fletcher!

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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

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…

IU640 Members of SE Michigan bring us this Restaurant Worker Manifesto!
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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 …

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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Listen. They were embarrassing, but they have a shot against the Braves.

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…

what is solidarity? “A weapon and not a word,” as Fellow Worker Noah L. reiterates…

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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…

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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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…

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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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…

Today Industrial Worker sits down with artist Vika Lamasko to discuss her latest book, art, revolution, and liberatory movements!
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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…

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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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…

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

Charges dropped against 7 pro-Palestine protesters at University of Michigan The charges were dropped on a motion from the attorney general's office.

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...

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…

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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Postal workers picketing over wages in 1970. Signs say "strike now, paid benefits, living wage" and "Strike letter carries for better wages."

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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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…

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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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…

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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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…

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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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…

The Fellow Workers Enfields take us on a tour through the events of the Centralia tragedy, marker by marker.
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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, …

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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