Boston Labor Solidarity Committee
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Today Jean-Carl talks about how grievances are a “flashpoint” for direct action, citing the tactics of the Sakana IWW campaign of the late 20-teens.
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#iww #labor #restaurantworker #workers #unions #wobblies #nlrb
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#iww #labor #restaurantworker #workers #unions #wobblies #nlrb
The Grievance, It’s In Our Hands
In his poem “The Grievance, It’s Out of My Hands,” Martin Glaberman lays bare the dead end of business unionism. He traces the life of a workplace grievance as it leaves the worker’s hands, passes …
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February 14, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Today Jean-Carl talks about how grievances are a “flashpoint” for direct action, citing the tactics of the Sakana IWW campaign of the late 20-teens.
industrialworker.org/the-grievanc...
#iww #labor #restaurantworker #workers #unions #wobblies #nlrb
industrialworker.org/the-grievanc...
#iww #labor #restaurantworker #workers #unions #wobblies #nlrb
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Hot off the press! The 2026 Winter issue of Industrial Worker is now available to print, read, and share!
Read it now:
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#IWW #UnionStrong #union #workers #labor #NLRB #contractualism #solidarity #organizing
Read it now:
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#IWW #UnionStrong #union #workers #labor #NLRB #contractualism #solidarity #organizing
New Print Issue Available!
The 2026 IW Winter issue is now available for download! Read or print it now at your leisure. This is a 5.5 by 8.5 inch booklet. 2026 1 IW WinterDownload
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February 12, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Hot off the press! The 2026 Winter issue of Industrial Worker is now available to print, read, and share!
Read it now:
industrialworker.org/new-print-is...
#IWW #UnionStrong #union #workers #labor #NLRB #contractualism #solidarity #organizing
Read it now:
industrialworker.org/new-print-is...
#IWW #UnionStrong #union #workers #labor #NLRB #contractualism #solidarity #organizing
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32BJ Members at Harvard United for a Fair Contact
Rally for fair wages & strong benefits
February 19th • 12:00pm
124 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge
Rally for fair wages & strong benefits
February 19th • 12:00pm
124 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge
February 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM
32BJ Members at Harvard United for a Fair Contact
Rally for fair wages & strong benefits
February 19th • 12:00pm
124 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge
Rally for fair wages & strong benefits
February 19th • 12:00pm
124 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge
Nearly 700 @opeiu.org members at @rescue.org ratified their first union agreement, securing wage increases, just-cause protections, and permanent jobs. Congrats to these workers supporting refugees and families in crisis on a hard fought victory.
IRC Workers Ratify First Contract Covering 700 Employees Nationwide
New York, NY -- Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) members at 13 International Rescue Committee (IRC) offices ratified their first union contract today, bringing wage increa...
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February 12, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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The labor movement isn’t just weak, it’s approaching an event horizon: the point at which unions become so small they lose the political, cultural, and institutional mass to successfully reverse their own decline. 🧵 jacobin.com/2026/02/unio...
Unions Are Going to Die Unless Something Big Changes Soon
The labor movement isn’t just the weakest it’s been in a century. Without a radical and aggressive shift in organizing, US unions could effectively cease to matter in the very near future.
jacobin.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:06 AM
The labor movement isn’t just weak, it’s approaching an event horizon: the point at which unions become so small they lose the political, cultural, and institutional mass to successfully reverse their own decline. 🧵 jacobin.com/2026/02/unio...
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J.R. reminds us of who we are in this week's piece!
"As the IWW grows and recruits workers beaten down...the idea will inevitably reappear that we can be a contract union “just like them,” but somehow radical about it...”
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"As the IWW grows and recruits workers beaten down...the idea will inevitably reappear that we can be a contract union “just like them,” but somehow radical about it...”
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#workers #iww #unions #wobblies #nlrb
Why We Oppose the No-Strike Clause
July 15, 1922, Industrial Solidarity paper. From the IWW Materials Preservation Project, restored by x426914. These are my observations as a dual-card steward in one of the largest unions in the U.…
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February 7, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Independent Grocery Union Affiliates with UE, Wins Strong First Contract!
Read the full story written by Local 1010 members Ava Robins and Veronica McShane in the UE NEWS: www.ueunion.org/ue-news/2026...
Read the full story written by Local 1010 members Ava Robins and Veronica McShane in the UE NEWS: www.ueunion.org/ue-news/2026...
Independent Grocery Union Affiliates with UE, Wins Strong First Contract
On December 16, 2025, workers with UE Local 1010-New Seasons Labor Union ratified their first contract, concluding a three-plus year struggle. The contract will protect more than 850 grocery workers a...
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February 7, 2026 at 1:58 PM
DSA’s “Rank-and-File Strategy” has 60s Roots at UC Berkeley. - CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/02/d...
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February 2, 2026 at 1:36 PM
DSA’s “Rank-and-File Strategy” has 60s Roots at UC Berkeley. - CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/02/d...
Wallenius is the largest “roll-on, roll-off” carrier in the world with 128 vessels. In 2024 it brought in $5.3 billion in revenue and more than $1 billion in profits. But until ILWU’s win, it was running a nonunion operation adjacent to longshore work labornotes.org/2026/01/orga... 1/2
150 workers at a vehicle processing center in Tacoma, WA, won their first contract last year, a huge step for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union organizing down the supply chain, writes Zack Pattin, longshoreman and rep with ILWU Local 23 labornotes.org/2026/01/orga...
February 1, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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Thousands gathered in the cold in #Boston for a “no business as usual” anti- #ICE demonstration organized by labor with various progressive groups during Friday’s #nationwidestrike
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January 31, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Thousands gathered in the cold in #Boston for a “no business as usual” anti- #ICE demonstration organized by labor with various progressive groups during Friday’s #nationwidestrike
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150 workers at a vehicle processing center in Tacoma, WA, won their first contract last year, a huge step for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union organizing down the supply chain, writes Zack Pattin, longshoreman and rep with ILWU Local 23 labornotes.org/2026/01/orga...
Organizing Down the Supply Chain: Logistics Workers Win First Contract
One hundred and fifty workers at a vehicle processing center in Tacoma, Washington, won their first contract last year, in a huge step for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union organizing do...
labornotes.org
January 29, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Key to this victory was the union’s worker-led, store-by-store organizing model:
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Workers at the upscale grocery chain New Seasons have won a first contract, after more than three years of organizing labornotes.org/2026/01/port... 1/5
January 27, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Workers at the upscale grocery chain New Seasons have won a first contract, after more than three years of organizing labornotes.org/2026/01/port... 1/5
Portland Grocery Workers Score Big First Contract Win
Workers at the upscale grocery chain New Seasons have won a first contract, after more than three years of organizing. The contract covers 850 workers at the 10 stores in Portland, Oregon, that have j...
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January 24, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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🚨NO WAR ON VENEZUELA AND JUSTICE FOR RENEE GOOD
SATURDAY. 12 PM. STATE HOUSE. 🚨
SATURDAY. 12 PM. STATE HOUSE. 🚨
January 9, 2026 at 6:41 PM
🚨NO WAR ON VENEZUELA AND JUSTICE FOR RENEE GOOD
SATURDAY. 12 PM. STATE HOUSE. 🚨
SATURDAY. 12 PM. STATE HOUSE. 🚨
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🚨 COMING SOON!!🚨
NEW: EWOC’s first podcast: “Unite & Win.”
Starting Jan. 13, in partnership with @haymarketbooks.org, this series includes the audiobook of our handbook and eight discussion episodes hosted by labor journalist and author @kimkelly.bsky.social.
Check out the trailer and subscribe! 🔗👇
Starting Jan. 13, in partnership with @haymarketbooks.org, this series includes the audiobook of our handbook and eight discussion episodes hosted by labor journalist and author @kimkelly.bsky.social.
Check out the trailer and subscribe! 🔗👇
January 6, 2026 at 10:11 PM
🚨 COMING SOON!!🚨
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Fenway Park concession workers just made history. They led the first strike in the park’s history and turned it into higher pay, clearer staffing standards, and protections for the future.
Huge congratulations to all the workers who made this possible.
Huge congratulations to all the workers who made this possible.
Fenway concession workers ratify new contract with Aramark, citing wage and staffing gains - The Boston Globe
Non-tipped workers will receive a $10 increase over five years and tipped workers will receive $5 more over the same period, the union said.
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December 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Fenway Park concession workers just made history. They led the first strike in the park’s history and turned it into higher pay, clearer staffing standards, and protections for the future.
Huge congratulations to all the workers who made this possible.
Huge congratulations to all the workers who made this possible.
SEDI presents Ben Fletcher and Dockworker Power (video)
The Sam and Esther Dolgoff Institute presents
Peter Cole on
Ben Fletcher and Dockworker Power
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The Sam and Esther Dolgoff Institute presents
Peter Cole on
Ben Fletcher and Dockworker Power
youtu.be/BRP6EeHn1k4
Ben Fletcher and Dockworker Power – SEDI Hosts Peter Cole
YouTube video by Cyber Dandy
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December 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
SEDI presents Ben Fletcher and Dockworker Power (video)
The Sam and Esther Dolgoff Institute presents
Peter Cole on
Ben Fletcher and Dockworker Power
youtu.be/BRP6EeHn1k4
The Sam and Esther Dolgoff Institute presents
Peter Cole on
Ben Fletcher and Dockworker Power
youtu.be/BRP6EeHn1k4
UE Local 1010, New Seasons Labor Union, has ratified their first contract with New Seasons Market just days before their authorized strike. The 3 year contract covers 850 workers at 10 stores across the Portland Metro Area. The contract includes a raise of 16.5 percent for the lowest-paid workers.
December 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Dealers at the Horseshoe Indianapolis Casino in Shelbyville have voted to join Teamsters Local 135! They'd mounted a recognition strike, a rare, courageous, throwback tactic that was mainly how unions were formed 90 years ago, our editor Al Bradbury reported labornotes.org/2025/11/indi...
Indiana Casino Dealers Are Bringing Back the Recognition Strike | Labor Notes
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December 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Dealers at the Horseshoe Indianapolis Casino in Shelbyville have voted to join Teamsters Local 135! They'd mounted a recognition strike, a rare, courageous, throwback tactic that was mainly how unions were formed 90 years ago, our editor Al Bradbury reported labornotes.org/2025/11/indi...
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"We’ve all heard calls for a general strike before—usually not as a serious proposal or strategy, but as a reaction to the attacks that working people face on a regular basis from existing political and economic power..." labornotes.org/2025/12/mayb... 1/7
December 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"We’ve all heard calls for a general strike before—usually not as a serious proposal or strategy, but as a reaction to the attacks that working people face on a regular basis from existing political and economic power..." labornotes.org/2025/12/mayb... 1/7
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This Day in Labor History: November 4, 1907. Theodore Roosevelt orders federal troops into Goldfield, Nevada to bust an IWW strike. Let's take on the myth that TR was good on labor issues. He would do anything to crush radical labor!
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This Day in Labor History: November 4, 1907. Theodore Roosevelt orders federal troops into Goldfield, Nevada to bust an IWW strike. Let's take on the myth that TR was good on labor issues. He would do anything to crush radical labor!
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The International Confederation of Labor that the IWW is a member organization of has issued a statement on the ongoing genocide.
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#Gaza #GazaGenocide #palestine #labor #workers
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#Gaza #GazaGenocide #palestine #labor #workers
ICL Statement On Gaza Genocide / La declaración de la CIT sobre el genocidio de Gaza
Note from the ICL Liaison: The ICL voted to remove mention of BDS in the official statement, but we are printing the original in support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement, which we hav…
industrialworker.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The International Confederation of Labor that the IWW is a member organization of has issued a statement on the ongoing genocide.
industrialworker.org/icl-statemen...
#Gaza #GazaGenocide #palestine #labor #workers
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#Gaza #GazaGenocide #palestine #labor #workers
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"The department found most Starbucks employees never got regular schedules and the company routinely reduced employees' hours by 15% or more, making it difficult for them to count on their income."
BREAKING: According to a recent investigation by NYC's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, Starbucks illegally violated workers' protection laws in NYC 500,000 times since 2021. Over $35.5 million will be paid in restitution to Starbucks workers!
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Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses
The city says about 15,000 employees will get paid $50 for each week worked over a three-year period. For some workers, that's thousands of dollars.
gothamist.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"The department found most Starbucks employees never got regular schedules and the company routinely reduced employees' hours by 15% or more, making it difficult for them to count on their income."
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It's DAY NINE of our open-ended, national ULP strike - and we're not slowing down.
Show some love to our striking baristas in Newton, MA and remember: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS while baristas are on strike! ✊ #NoContractNoCoffee
Show some love to our striking baristas in Newton, MA and remember: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS while baristas are on strike! ✊ #NoContractNoCoffee
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It's DAY NINE of our open-ended, national ULP strike - and we're not slowing down.
Show some love to our striking baristas in Newton, MA and remember: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS while baristas are on strike! ✊ #NoContractNoCoffee
Show some love to our striking baristas in Newton, MA and remember: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS while baristas are on strike! ✊ #NoContractNoCoffee
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX