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
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The Seattle Worker: June-July 2018
The Seattle Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World is proud to release the second issue of our official publication, the Seattle Worker. Download the full issue here! This issue includes: Updates on IU650's picket against Grassroots Campaigns, Inc. by X389645 An essay about opportunism by Lindsay Mimir A call to end the imprisonment of … Continue reading The Seattle Worker: June-July 2018
Seattle IWW Endorses Nationwide Prison Strike
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
Tell Everyone You’re Sticking with the Union
Share this image to let you everyone know that you're going to keep fighting for the One Big Union! Share this: Tweet The Supreme Court, Congress, the President, state legislatures and state courts, judges, cops, and bosses can't stop us from organizing.
Fundraiser to Support Members of IU650
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
IU650 Locked Out–Urgent Phone Zap June 14
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
Phone Zap of Grassroots Campaigns, May 18 (Updated)
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)
5 Books For Organizers
By X358109 In the IWW Organizing Program we tell people: read! Read the news, read about organizing, read theory! We say this because when Joe Hill said “Don’t mourn, organize” he didn’t mean “Don’t think, organize!” Expanding our knowledge of history and theory can be important to help our rank and file organizers become big … Continue reading 5 Books For Organizers
University of Washington Welcomes Fascists Back to Seattle
Counter-protesters defend Red Square while UW President betrays student body By Lexi Owens In what has become an all-too-familiar cycle, another fascist-sympathizing group has made Seattle a target of its hateful and bigoted message. Patriot Prayer—a far-right religious group based in Portland, Oregon—are attacking women at Planned Parenthood locations in Washington. They were invited to … Continue reading University of Washington Welcomes Fascists Back to Seattle
My Journey to the IWW
By Joe Costello I am a 33 years old, and I have had many negative experiences under capitalism. My existence as a proletarian has shaped me in many ways; living under oppressive conditions changes a person in ways that they don't normally think about, from interpersonal relationships to developing a social life and especially child … Continue reading My Journey to the IWW
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