The following was written by Tim Acott a member of the Portland, Oregon IWW. Solidarity Working people have only one real option in today’s economy. We have to resist, with all our might, the big-business program of further and deeper poverty for working people. For the first time in modern history, profits are going up … Continue reading Think it Over
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Worker Management is the Only Ethically Justified Management
By Maria Garcia The only way to ensure the economy works for the majority of the people is to allow the people to manage the economy democratically. We in the IWW believe this is what unions are for: Gaining democratic control of the economy by gaining democratic control of the individual workplaces that make up … Continue reading Worker Management is the Only Ethically Justified Management
Let’s Roll: An RPG Guide to Organizing Characters
In a roleplaying game, we get to choose the kind of character we want to be, like a fighter, a mage, or a bard. We decide our character’s defining traits. And we get to work with other players to decide on the makeup of our party--characters who are good at lockpicking, healing, stealth, combat. We … Continue reading Let’s Roll: An RPG Guide to Organizing Characters
Game Industry Campaign Postmortem
This is the story of my first attempt at organizing in the game industry. Ultimately, it was a failed attempt. No direct action was taken and we never went public. But things were tried that worked and didn’t work, and I’d like to pass those lessons along. This story starts in the spring of 2018 … Continue reading Game Industry Campaign Postmortem
An Interview with Heather Mayer
By Hannah Hopkins Heather Mayer is an instructor of History at Portland Community College and a scholar of American social justice movements. She received a PhD from Simon Fraser University. Her book Beyond the Rebel Girl: Women and the Industrial Workers of the World in the Pacific Northwest, 1905-1924, published by Oregon State University Press … Continue reading An Interview with Heather Mayer
Seattle Worker July-August Graphics and Photos
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Notes from the Field
By James Smith The United Auto Workers have been trying for years to crack the notoriously anti-union South by organizing at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 2014, after a ridiculously strong and blatantly illegal anti-union campaign which saw the participation of federal and local politicians, the UAW narrowly lost a union election. Afterward, … Continue reading Notes from the Field
Seattle Worker July-August 2019
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The Seattle Worker April-May 2019: We Want the Stars
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The Movement Starts with Us: Building Relationships for Collective Struggle
By X388133 Today’s workplaces are tremendously alienating and our lives have been designed to isolate us from genuine human contact. Think of an office worker’s average day: wake up at 6am in a single family home in the suburbs, drive alone for an hour to an office, spend all day in a cubicle, then drive … Continue reading The Movement Starts with Us: Building Relationships for Collective Struggle
