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The Fire Your Boss Tour is Coming to Seattle!
As union density maintains its long downward trajectory, conditions for workers across industries and sectors continue to decline— Our jobs urgently need better conditions but standing up against the boss can feel difficult or daunting. Beyond that, we want a better world for the working class, but change at that scale seems impossible. The…
Seattle Worker May-June 2026 Now Out!
Hitting the Puget Sound’s streets just in time for May Day, our May/June Issue is now out! Along with some silent agitation, song lyrics, and even a recipe—we’ve got the local latest on labor and other organizing. Issue #3 of 2026 takes a look at where and how to carry inspiration or momentum into our…
May Day 1926
If we could travel back in time a hundred years, we could all attend the Angle Lake Plunge! From the Industrial Worker: The text reads: MAY DAY PICNIC AND DANCE will be held at ANGLE LAKE PLUNGE SEATTLE, WASH. Take South Park Car No. 5 on First Ave., FREE bus fare from end of car…
Seattle Worker March-April 2026 Now Online!
Fresh on the digital stands—and now also at some favorite local haunts—our March/April Issue is now available! It’s up on https://seattleiww.org/seattle-worker/. Pick up a copy today to read the Puget Sound streets’ latest on labor and other organizing. The second Seattle Worker of 2026 features: an on-the-ground look at Minneapolis following the murders of Renee Good and…
Seattle Worker Nov-Dec Now Online!
The November-December issue of the Seattle Worker is now online. Enjoy!
Seattle Worker July-August 2025 now online!
We are delighted to announce that our latest issue of the Seattle Worker, July-August 2025, is now online at https://seattleiww.org/seattle-worker/. (Back issues are also available at https://seattleiww.org/seattle-worker/seattle-worker-back-issues/) In this issue: Holding the Fort Against Stupidity Working, for God’s Sake Slowdown “Gets the Goods” in a California Prison Weakness of Dues Checkoff My Plea to the…
Build Power, Fight Back!
by G DeJunz Seattle Worker, May-June 2025 Powerlessness. That’s the feeling we get when we hear the latest of many rapid outrages from the federal government. Or when it hits close to home, impacting our families, neighbors, and coworkers. Powerlessness is the feeling we get when our boss calls a meeting to announce regressive policies…
Seattle Worker May-June 2025 Now Online!
Happy May Day! The May-June 2025 issue is now online at https://seattleiww.org/seattle-worker/. This month for the first time, we have a crossword puzzle. Also in this issue: Solidarity!
Check Out the March-April 2025 Issue of the Seattle Worker!
Our latest issue, online at https://seattleiww.org/seattle-worker/, is themed “Dual Carding,” which means simultaneously holding a trade union card and an IWW card. Why do that? Well, dig in and find out. Fellow Worker Noah explains that dual-carding can provide a “better understanding of how other unions interact with the rank and file workers that they…
How to Fire Your Boss
Anyone who works for a living knows how degrading and alienating it is to be yelled at for doing your job, maybe just because your boss is having a bad day. The daily grind devours our time, exhausts our energies, and reduces our lives to a treadmill of survival. Work is imposed on us. Ultimately,…
Seattle Industrial Workers of the World 