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Letter from the Editors of the Seattle Worker (November 2018)
The editorial team behind the Seattle Worker wishes you happy holidays! We would like to take this end-of-the-year edition of the SW to say a few things about 2018 and our plans for the next year. First, thank you to all of our readers and subscribers. Your donations and kind words keep this publication running. … Continue reading Letter from the Editors of the Seattle Worker (November 2018)
A Politics of Pain
By Anonymous Friend, now there’s a riot. Watch the bald guy with the Pinochet shirt who punches through the black bloc with haymakers and hate and the phalanx of cops does nothing. He bleeds and doesn’t care. His name is Tiny, and he’s a real bastard that’s for damn sure. Tiny’s the kind of guy … Continue reading A Politics of Pain
Confronting the Carbon Capitalists
By x388133 Last summer brought another record wildfire season to the Pacific Northwest. Smoky air from fires in the region caused hellish air quality around the entire Northern Hemisphere. The causes of the forest fires and the destruction of our forest ecosystem generally are incontrovertible. Over one hundred years of fossil-fueled capitalist development and hundreds … Continue reading Confronting the Carbon Capitalists
Five Things to Watch for in the Labor Movement
Five Things to Watch for in the Labor Movement By Lexi Owens The effects of the Janus case may not be felt for several years. The continued rollback of union rights and the landmark Janus decision will undoubtedly pressure the labor movement’s conservatives to redouble their efforts to expand their influence, so the leftist community … Continue reading Five Things to Watch for in the Labor Movement
In the News: Notes from around the Northwest
By X390433 After years of on-the-job harassment, poor working conditions, and low pay nearly 8,000 Marriott hotel workers have gone on strike in 8 different cities including Seattle's Westin, which is owned by Marriott. Negotiations have reportedly been tense but fruitful in various cities, and the workers have been backed by thousands of supporters. The … Continue reading In the News: Notes from around the Northwest
What should we say when a capitalist dies?
By Lindsay Mimir Paul Allen, one of Seattle’s foremost business leaders, philanthropists, and rapacious capitalists died on October 15. Like many of the outrageously wealthy, he was widely celebrated in the media. He was a co-founder of Microsoft, one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in back-to-back years (2007 and 2008), owner of the … Continue reading What should we say when a capitalist dies?
Now’s the Day!
[Originally published in issue 3 of the Seattle Worker]
Do Unions Really Protect Bad Workers from Getting Fired?
By Lindsay Mimir We should stop thinking about unions from the boss’ perspective. The bosses love at-will employment, where they can fire anyone for any reason. Unions force bosses to establish just cause to fire someone, a very reasonable demand that unions make to employers. If the bosses can’t even get enough evidence to establish … Continue reading Do Unions Really Protect Bad Workers from Getting Fired?
The Myth of Precarity
By X358109 There has recently been a lot of informal discussions in the IWW about the Organizer Training program. These discussions have touched on a number of assumptions about organizing and strategy that purport to be “at odds” with the OT. People on the left tend to rely on a number of truisms which I … Continue reading The Myth of Precarity
