Workers at Holler Health Justice Seek Self-Management
Workers at Holler Health Justice began meeting with the West Virginia branch of the Industrial Workers of the World last year to draft their first union contract. The contract, which starts wages at...
View ArticleGender Equity Committee Helps IWW Members Resolve Conflict Through Mediation
Maria Smith was frustrated and angry. Communication within her Industrial Workers of the World branch had broken down after the resignation of its secretary-treasurer, and Smith felt her voice wasn’t...
View ArticleNitricity Workers Launch Rare Union Drive at Start-up
The fight for unionization continues at Nitricity, a San Francisco-based start-up company that produces fertilizer. A union election held on April 6 split 5-5 between supporters and opponents, with a...
View ArticleIWW Launches New Organizing Program to Train Workers
As employers continue to use the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to amass record profits, more and more workers are reaching out to labor unions for assistance with organizing their workplaces. For the...
View ArticleIWW Presents Fight Like Hell: Online Q&A with Kim Kelly and Peter Cole
The Industrial Workers of the World presents Kim Kelly, author of Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor, in conversation with Peter Cole, professor of history at Western Illinois...
View ArticleCalifornia Public Employment Relations Board Determines Union of Teachers and...
RICHMOND, California — On Tuesday May 10, 2022 a Senior Regional Attorney with the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) determined that workers at the K-8 charter school group Caliber...
View ArticleWorkers at Dill Pickle Food Co-op Accuse Boss of Mismanagement
Recent events at the Dill Pickle Food Co-op in Chicago illustrate what workers describe as a pattern of mismanagement by general manager I’Talia McCarthy. In March, two union stewards — individuals...
View ArticleCaliber Public Schools Management Recognizes Union of Teachers and Staff
196 Teachers and staff at California public charter school group bring their employer to the bargaining table following 2 year effort to unionize RICHMOND, California — On the evening of Wednesday May...
View ArticleMoe’s Books Union Celebrates Contract, Raises & Benefits
In November, the Industrial Workers of the World’s Moe’s Books Union in Berkeley, California, voted to ratify their first union contract and reached a tentative agreement with management. This...
View ArticleNew York’s Oldest City-Wide Tenant Organization Is Now Unionized
NEW YORK, New York — The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) is excited to announce that workers of the Metropolitan Council on Housing have organized with unanimous support (non-supervisory staff)....
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