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By X390433 In 2017 alone 5,700 homes, 3.6 million square feet of office space, and more than 600 hotel rooms were constructed in Seattle, netting the construction industry billions. The Associated General Contractors of Washington, who are themselves taking in over $5 million annually, claim there isn't enough money to provide a decent contract to … Continue reading In the News: Notes from around the Northwest

by Chris Joseph You can walk down any street in downtown Seattle and witness the divide between the gleaming high-rises built above the damp, cold bodies of twelve thousand houseless, and young men like me walk to office jobs wearing blue badges, headphones in, sunglasses on to deny witness. I work in a black glass … Continue reading What Privilege is This?

Reviewed by Kay Sorry to Bother You is one of the year’s most entertaining films. Rolling Stone says, “Welcome to the WTF satire of the summer.” It’s got comedy, suspense, social relevance, Afro-surrealism, sci-fi, mayhem, and plenty of surprises. It’s also one of the best films I’ve seen that shows how workplace organizing really works. … Continue reading Real-Life Organizing on Film: A review of Boots Riley’s “Sorry to Bother You”

“There’s no better time to be a Wobbly,” says fellow worker Gee as he reflects on his 20+ years with the Seattle IWW. “Probably the best time since the ’30s or the ’40s.” In the last two years, Gee has seen the Seattle branch grow from a membership of about 20 people in early 2016, … Continue reading Two Decades with the Seattle IWW

By Hannah Hopkins This is a list of my favorite podcasts I have been listening to lately. In this list you’ll find interviews, music, reportbacks, and narratives relating to social movements, resistance, anarchism, and the history of working peoples. Podcasts are great because you can enjoy a vast selection of news, opinion, music, and comedy … Continue reading Five Podcasts You Should Be Listening To

Grassroots Campaigns, Inc. (GCI) is a nationwide, for-profit canvassing contractor which fundraises for progressive nonprofits. GCI canvassers can be seen on countless street corners in large cities and college towns, talking to folks about groups like Planned Parenthood, the ACLU, and Doctors Without Borders. Despite the company’s claims of a “progressive” platform, its record of … Continue reading IWW Canvassers On Strike, Nationwide Actions in Support

By Lindsay Mímir American labor experienced a powerful resurgence this spring. The teachers’ strikes in West Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Arizona were the most visible. Additionally, 49,000 workers at the University of California launched a three­-day strike. 50,000 casino workers in Las Vegas, Nevada authorized a strike, forcing hotels and casinos to negotiate new … Continue reading Power to the Workers, Not the Opportunists

The union drive at Grassroots Campaigns Incorporated (GCI) has been nothing short of profound. Throughout months of organizing we built an unparalleled culture of resistance and solidarity and a tangible sense that we don’t need bosses to get work done. At the beginning of May we realized that something was off. May and June are … Continue reading Dispatch from the Picket Line

By Kay By the time Seattle Worker goes to press, news about our new normal, the thousands of children kidnapped by US border guards from the arms of their parents, will be several weeks old. But right now it’s fresh in our minds, a raw wound, a reminder that human cruelty can always go one … Continue reading No More Detentions!