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Launched in 1906, Industrial Worker is the official English-language publication of the Industrial Workers of the World, a worker-led union dedicated to direct action, workplace democracy and industrial unionism. Follow Industrial Worker on Bluesky, Instagram, Facebook, and Mastodon.

The opinions expressed in individual articles are those of the authors. They do not purport to represent that of the IWW or Industrial Worker as a whole unless otherwise stated that it is an official IWW communication.

Questions, comments, and other concerns about Industrial Worker should be directed to the IWW’s Industrial Worker Editor at [email protected].

Basic Messaging Guidelines

The role of the Communications Department Board (CDB) is to communicate the goals and principles of the IWW publicly and provide IWW members with the tools to better communicate within the union internally. The Department will seek to foment revolutionary class struggle unionism through educational and agitational media.

i. Class Struggle Perspective of the IWW:

“The working class and the employing class have nothing in common…”

IWW communications will use a revolutionary class struggle perspective rather than language which implies the IWW seeks class collaboration, labor peace, or “working with management.”

ii. No Third Partying the Union:

The IWW defines a union as the direct, self-managed committee of workers on the shop floor. Portrayal of the union as a third party, which “represents” or “acts on the behalf of” workers, is banned from IWW communications.

iii. Direct Action:

The Communications Department will strive to communicate the IWW’s main method of winning demands and pushing toward workers’ control is direct action, not NLRA elections or contractualism.

(IWW Constitution, Article XV, 4a.)