We've received an incredible outpouring of solidarity during and since the end of out lockout. While we may be able to win back the lost two weeks of wages through court battles down the line, many of our workers may have trouble making rent and paying other vital bills this month with the short paychecks. … Continue reading Fundraiser to Support Members of IU650
IU650 Locked Out–Urgent Phone Zap June 14
ACTION ALERT: PHONE ZAP TO SUPPORT LOCKED OUT IWW WORKERS In support of locked out fellow workers in IU650 at Grassroots Campaigns, Inc. in Seattle, we are calling on all Wobblies and friends to participate in a phone zap of GCI’s headquarters! We would like folks to call between 9am and 5pm East Coast time, … Continue reading IU650 Locked Out–Urgent Phone Zap June 14
Phone Zap of Grassroots Campaigns, May 18 (Updated)
Update: May 18, 6:18pm Thank you to everyone who participated! Our phone zap completely paralyzed the phone communications at GCI. By noon in Boston, the obviously frustrated executives of GCI had turned off their phones and were sending calls straight to voicemail. But 3pm, calls were so frequent that few people could get through the … Continue reading Phone Zap of Grassroots Campaigns, May 18 (Updated)
The Seattle IWW Endorses the Call for a Decentralized, Anti-Capitalist May Day
The Seattle IWW Endorses the Call for a Decentralized, Anti-Capitalist May Day The workers of the Seattle General Membership Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) are endorsing the call for a decentralized, anti-capitalist May Day. The Wobblies overwhelmingly voted to support this call ahead of International Workers’ Day, a celebration and remembrance … Continue reading The Seattle IWW Endorses the Call for a Decentralized, Anti-Capitalist May Day
Canvassers Give Grassroots Campaigns A Surprise Valentine’s Day Present – A Union!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Canvassers Give Grassroots Campaigns A Surprise Valentine’s Day Present – A Union With Trump’s election, many organizations without internal fundraisers frequently turn to canvassing organizations such as Grassroots Campaigns Incorporated, which sends politically savvy workers all over the city of Seattle to alert people to important causes and issues that affect their … Continue reading Canvassers Give Grassroots Campaigns A Surprise Valentine’s Day Present – A Union!
Solidarity with Striking Florida Prisoners!
January 15th, 2018 - Prisoners in Florida are engaging in a work stoppage with three main demands: 1. Payment for our labor, rather than the current slave arrangement 2. An end to outrageous canteen prices 3. Reintroduction of parole incentives to lifers and those with Buck Rogers dates To learn more about the brutal and … Continue reading Solidarity with Striking Florida Prisoners!
Join us for a May 1st Centennial (1917-2017)
What: Centennial of the spreading of Joe Hill's Ashes When: Monday, May 1 at 7 PM - 9 PM Where: Mt Pleasant Cemetery 700 West Raye Street, Seattle, Washington 98119 Price: FREE A songwriter, itinerant laborer, and union organizer, Joe Hill was well known in hobo jungles, on picket lines and at workers' rallies as … Continue reading Join us for a May 1st Centennial (1917-2017)
Solidarity with NWDC Resistance!
This weekend, IWW members visited and joined a Northwest Detention Center Resistance encampment, outside the Tacoma Detention Center, for support and solidarity. The full reportback is here, but here's a quick excerpt: Even if we had not received the warmest of welcomes at the encampment where we shared stories of struggle and organizing campaigns and … Continue reading Solidarity with NWDC Resistance!
Introducing the Greater Seattle GDC
Seattle's brand-new General Defense Committee now has a website, a Facebook page, and a Twitter feed. Check them out! The aim of the Greater Seattle GDC is, among other things, to provide defense and relief to members of the working class who are being persecuted for their activity in the class struggle--in keeping with the IWW … Continue reading Introducing the Greater Seattle GDC
Wobbly Wednesday: Lucy Parsons
More than a century ago, founding Wobbly Lucy Parsons gave a speech advocating for a different kind of general strike. It was more like a general Occupy: The trouble with all the strikes in the past has been this: the workingmen like the teamsters in our cities, these hard-working teamsters, strike and go out and … Continue reading Wobbly Wednesday: Lucy Parsons
Seattle Industrial Workers of the World 