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The Seattle IWW is holding an Organizer 101 training. This training is an intensive, two-day training that will give IWW members and non-members alike the skills and tools they need to begin organizing and unionizing their workplace. You will learn what constitutes a union, how to have a one-on-one conversation with coworkers, the basics of … Continue reading Register for Seattle’s Organizer Training for August 18 and 19

At last night's GMB meeting, the branch unanimously voted to endorse the upcoming National Prison Strike happening August 21 to September 9. We pledge our solidarity and support for the upcoming strike as our comrades inside risk their lives to improve their conditions and end prison slavery. You can find more information about the National … Continue reading Seattle IWW Endorses Nationwide Prison Strike

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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

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

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 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

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!

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!

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)