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Extra, extra! Industrial Worker sat down with Fellow Worker Brendan Phillips, son of famous musician and labor activist Utah Phillips, to discuss the Utah Phillips Caboose and Library. Wait, Utah had a caboose?! Read more!
https://industrialworker.org/the-long-memory-utah-phillips-caboose-library/
#IWW #labor #workers #union #wobblies #mayday #history #trains #railroad
The latest at Industrial Worker! Fellow Workers Lindsey and Mat from Pennsylvania report back after attending a conference on sustainable agriculture and co-ops and how they’ve tied it into their IWW organizing.
https://industrialworker.org/seedlings-of-solidarity-pasa-2026/
#iww #labor #cooperatives #coops #farming #agriculture #sustainability
Today on Industrial Worker - Fellow Worker DC discusses May Day, its origins, and reflections for the present day.
https://industrialworker.org/facets-of-mayday/
#IWW #labor #workers #union #wobblies #mayday #history #haymarket
As we reflect on the past year, remember the food industry workers who make it possible to have food on our plates, and their struggle against oppression and exploitation.
https://industrialworker.org/food-fight-january-edition/
#union #wobblies #iww #restaurantworkers #labor #restaurantlife #workers
A worker from the Bobcats United IWW Campaign reports from this October. The workers were forced to go public early & were unjustly fired, but were able to secure severance pay!
https://industrialworker.org/fieldnotes-bobcats-united-iww-campaign/
#unions
#workers #IWW #wobblies #labor #restaurantlife #RestaurantWorkers
The Fellow Workers Enfields take us on a tour through the events of the Centralia tragedy, marker by marker.
Peet’s Labor Union representing the workers of Peet’s Coffee in Berkeley, CA is facing union retaliation and severe discipline. We support Peet's Labor Union!
https://industrialworker.org/peets-enacts-sweeping-heavy-handed-discipline-on-union-members/
While many of us in the US have holiday meals with our families, don't forget the workers who made it possible to have food on your plates.
Food Fight: December by Jean-Carl Elliott documents the daily struggle by food industry workers each month.
https://industrialworker.org/food-fight-december-edition/
#unions #workers #IWW #wobblies #labor #restaurantlife #RestaurantWorkers
KJ Choi educates us on the music of Joe Hill - a fitting soundtrack for a revolutionary union!
Read all about it! Si Kann and George Mann have released an album called Labor Day which has 21 songs sung by a wide variety of our favorite musicians! Check it out at the IWW Store!
https://industrialworker.org/si-kahn-and-george-mann-release-labor-day-album/
Today, a FW reviews Unjust Transition: The Future for Fossil Fuel Workers. "How can workers organize differently, instead of relying on hostile systems?" The book is available in the IWW store.