Category: Pushing Through

Wob Bulletin #1

The following is a bulletin put together by a couple of branches of the IWW in Canada. While the outside support mustered for Canada Post workers has been both inspiring and effective, these IWW members’ position is that worker power on the shop floor remains the

The Art of the “One-on-One”

John O’Reilly reflects on this fundamental organizing tool, and how to do it right The one-on-one meeting is the quintessential tool of the organizer. The one-on-one meeting is used so frequently in organizing campaigns that it’s usually abbreviated by organizers tired of typing it out

Be the Union!

Luigi Rinaldi reflects on an organizing campaign at a grocery store in Rhode Island.  This continues our series “Pushing Through,” which reflects on what it takes to develop an organizing campaign into a full-fledged union. From 2014 to 2017 I was part of an organizing

A March on the Boss, Won But Lost

This story, from a small restaurant with majority IWW presence, describes some strategic mistakes that were made around a march on the boss. To me, the story has a particular significance: it is an example of the growing pains solidarity union organizing campaigns experience.  Many