The author, who worked as a coal miner as a teenager, reviews this classic documentary about a miners’ strike in Kentucky, and talks about the historic significance of these struggles. Barbara Koppel’s 1976 documentary Harlan […]
The Sick-Out: Education workers take direct action
An Education Support Professional describes a sick-out organized in protest of low pay and lack of respect “The shit rolls downhill in K-12” I work at a large (roughly 900 students) Pre-K through 8th grade […]
Movie Review: The Hand that Feeds (2015)
I’m not so naïve as to say that everything you need to know about organizing in the workplace can be learned in 83 minutes, but whether you’re a seasoned organizer or just a pissed off […]
Wobcast #2: Proof of Concept
In the second episode of our podcast, Marianne Garneau argues that the Stardust campaign in NYC is the “proof of concept” of the solidarity unionism model developed by the IWW. Find us on Stitcher and […]
Grocery workers refuse a two-tier wage system
The Saskatoon Co-op is a consumer cooperative grocery with multiple locations in and around Saskatoon, SK. Workers are represented by United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1400. They have been without a contract for two […]
The perils of organizing a hot shop
Brendan Maslauskas Dunn tells the story of an organizing campaign he was involved with at a propane tank facility in 2014 in Clyde, New York. For anyone who has been to an IWW 101 Workplace Organizer […]
Movie Review: Norma Rae (1979)
Organizing Work publishes reviews of labor- and union-themed films from an organizer’s perspective. Here, Eric Dirnbach reviews Norma Rae. Spoiler Alert: this review discusses the film in great detail! “Based on a True Story” On […]
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 […]
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 […]