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Text above a cartoonish alarm clock reads “wake up” and the clock itself, in place of hours, says “Work” in the largest letters, with “commute,” “every other thing you gotta do,” “commute,” and two smaller sections for “free time” and “sleep.”

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Too Small for Direct Action?

Posted on May 21, 2025May 8, 2025 by x409232

Art by Fitz. In a recent conversation, a Fellow Worker relayed a line of questioning posed to her...

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Slice of pizza that says "Picket" next to white text that says "It's time for a living wage"

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Food Fight: May Edition

Posted on May 1, 2025April 30, 2025 by Jean-Carl Elliott

Pizza Hut Workers Union, IU 460.Picture Source: https://iww.org.uk/news/631/ Throughout history, working class people have stood up and fought...

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Postal workers picketing over wages in 1970. Signs say "strike now, paid benefits, living wage" and "Strike letter carries for better wages."

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Power to the Postal Workers: The Wildcat Strike of 1970

Posted on April 29, 2025April 19, 2025 by Noah L

Anthony Camerano/Associated Press, 1970. There is no question that collective action works. The question is how much solidarity,...

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Sketch of the messy remnants of a meal, a spilled cup, and a half empty drink glass.

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Servants in the Shadows: The Revolution Will Not Be 9-5

Posted on April 4, 2025April 4, 2025 by x423752

“So I was getting myself ready for the revolution till I remembered I have work in the morning......

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April 23, 2011. SeaSol picket at Jimmy Johns.

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Food Fight: April Edition

Posted on April 12, 2025March 31, 2025 by Jean-Carl Elliott

April 23, 2011. SeaSol picket at Jimmy Johns. Throughout history, working class people have stood up and fought...

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A twelve-panle comic strip entitled “Pacey Pratt the Sabo Cat in Sick Out, Don’t Stick Out” In the first panel Hunter performs a calculation on his phone in the foreground while in the background two delivery workers, Mattie and Bella, push a dresser on a dolly. “Hey Hunter”, says Mattie, “give us a hand.” “Oh sorry,” Hunter replies. “My bad.” In the second panel Hunter helps Mattie and Bella load the dressor into a delivery truck. Another delivery truck in the background sports a decal reading “Big Time Furniture” with an image of a purple chair. “You all were right,” says Hunter, “my paycheck didn’t add up again, even after we complained to the boss about wage theft.” “They’re shorting all our checks,” says Mattie. “We need to escalate to direct action,” says Bella. In the third panel all three workers are sitting on the back of the delivery truck eating lunch. “But what if the boss retaliates?” asks Hunter. “If we let the boss have all the power, he’ll do what he wants,” says Mattie. “We can only challenge him by organizing our own power through the union,” says Bella. In the fourth panel Hunter is walking away from the others, holding his cell phone. “Yeah, okay, but I’m getting ripped off here,” he says, “and I have rights as an American.” In the background Mattie says “Yeah, the right to remain silent....” The fifth panel is divided in two parts by a telephone cord. On one side is Hunter, speaking into his cell phone with coworkers in the background. “Hello, Police?” he says. “I work in retail and the company is stealing my wages.” In the other half of the panel a police officer sits at a desk strewn with papers, speaking into a cordless telephone. “I see,” he says. “I’m glad you called, but local police don’t handle this type of case. You need to call the F.B.I., or maybe the army! This could be the crime of the century, so call the president!” The sixth panel is also divided in half by a phone cord. On one side Hunter clutches his cell phone angrily. “You’re making fun of me?” he asks. “Did you know the total amount of wage theft each year is more than all other theft combined?” In the other half of the panel the police officer has reclined in his chair and put his feet up on the desk. “Ha ha ha,” he laughs. “What about Space Force? Have you called Space Force yet?”

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Cartoon: Sick Out, Don’t Stick Out

Posted on March 19, 2025March 20, 2025 by x423931

Editors note: This is the seventh issue in the “Pacey Pratt the Sabo Cat” series. Today, Pacey Pratt...

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Our Trip to Centralia

Posted on March 9, 2025March 7, 2025 by Fellow Workers Enfields

The IWW monument in Centralia’s George Washington Park. Photo by D. Tucker CENTRALIA, WA–As we study IWW history...

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Food Fight: March Edition

Posted on February 28, 2025February 28, 2025 by Jean-Carl Elliott

March 30, 2013. Chicago Lake Liquors Picket in Minnesota. Throughout history, working class people have stood up and...

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Joe Hill in front of a pink background with red and pink hearts.

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That Glorious Land Above the Sky: Heaven and Hell in the Songs of Joe Hill

Posted on February 12, 2025February 14, 2025 by KJ Choi

Many classic union songs were written to the tune of religious songs. In a time when only the...

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Group of Workers holding signs for Peets Labor Union in a street in Berkeley, California.

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Peet’s Enacts Sweeping Heavy-handed Discipline on Union Members

Posted on February 12, 2025February 13, 2025 by Peets Labor Union

Peets Labor Union. Photo from PLU. Berkeley, CA–Peet’s Corporate is stonewalling the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)...

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A giant Donald Trump leers over the Department of Labor building, using scissors to cut a carrot off a fishing pole that the government workers are dangling to catch workers.

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No NLRB? No Problem

Posted on February 7, 2025February 7, 2025 by x364181

art by x364181. Last week Trump fired two members of the National Labor Relations Board, leaving the body...

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Food Fight: February Edition

Posted on January 29, 2025January 31, 2025 by Jean-Carl Elliott

Ellen's Stardust Diner, NYC, 2017. Photo courtesy of LibCom. Throughout history, working class people have stood up and...