Industrial Worker

The 2026 Industrial Worker Summer issue is now available for download! Read or print it now at your leisure. This is a 5.5 by 8.5 inch booklet.

The IWW Goes on Tour (Again) Tour Details and RSVP This summer, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) is once again going on tour nationally. Wobblies in multiple cities have organized the Fire Your Boss Tour to, well, show all workers how to fire your boss and to spread the principles of industrial unionism, … Continue reading "Why We Need Solidarity Unionism on an Industrial Scale"

Our individual, collective, and institutional identities organize us. The common view suggests that identity is a stable given. You are X or Y and nothing changes that. Not only is this view inaccurate, it limits our ability to meet coworkers where they are and makes connecting with them difficult as a result. Identity is a … Continue reading "Organizing Identities"

This editorial is a response to the November 13, 2025 article, “Rebuilding the IWW,“ and “A Response” published on May 1, 2026. Two recent articles published in Industrial Worker, “Rebuilding the IWW” and a short response piece are starting points for an important discussion about the relationship between the IWW and organizers for other unions, … Continue reading "Letter to the Editor: Response to “Rebuilding” and “Response”"

Wobs Gather in Denver for the 2026 Organizing Summit and Social On April 25th and 26th, Wobs from cities ranging from Seattle to Boston gathered in Denver, CO for the 2026 Organizing Summit and Social. Hosted by the Denver GMB, the summit was open to Wobblies in good standing who have completed the Organizer Training … Continue reading "The Denver Organizing Summit"

I’m hoping that this article will encourage sex workers to think about their place within the labour movement. This article is an amalgamation of ideas that were born out of conversations I’ve had with sex workers and labour organizer friends. During the pandemic I became active in sex work labour organizing through a group called … Continue reading "Thoughts on the Montreal Stripper Strike"

The first International Workers Day hinged on the May Day festival and the strike for the eight hour work week, according to activist Lucy Parsons, who was involved in planning the first May Day strike in 1866. But it would only evolve into the holiday it is today after someone threw a bomb at the … Continue reading "Minneapolis is a Union Town"

The 2026 Industrial Worker Spring issue is now available for download! Read or print it now at your leisure. This is a 5.5 by 8.5 inch booklet.

In light of the ongoing Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the Industrial Workers of the World Printing and Publishing Workers Union and Freelance Journalists Union expresses its solidarity with the Union of Journalists in Lebanon, a member of the International Federation of Journalists. The Israeli invasion has already claimed the lives of at least 1,268 people … Continue reading "In Solidarity with the Union of Journalists in Lebanon"