Fighting for the Working Class!
Speech given by a member of Just Housing at the 2019 International Workers’ Day event in Olympia.
Good evening everyone, happy International Workers Day! I’m Uncle Jamie from Just housing, I’m a homeless advocate and a homeless person. And I can tell you from experience that it can be difficult to find work when you’re… Read More
History of International Workers’ Day
On May 4th, 1886, one hundred and thirty-two years ago, the event took place in Haymarket Square in Chicago that started what is called the Haymarket affair and ultimately lead to the creation of International Workers Day. The… Read More
Displacement in the name of safety
After a long pause in enforcement against camping, the City of Olympia is resuming the practice of sweeping encampments on public property, particularly those which are most visible and near downtown. The city originally halted its practice of… Read More
Workers Strike in Bangladesh
On January 6th, thousands of workers in Bangladesh went on strike against low wages in garment factories. The “ready-made” garment industry in Bangladesh supplies major retailers around the world, such as Walmart, H&M, and Tesco. According to Aljazeera… Read More
Education Workers are Fighting Around the World!
Teachers continue to organize and struggle. In the United States in the past two months we have seen headlines for teachers striking from Los Angles and Denver to West Virginia and Virginia. Teachers in West Virginia seem to… Read More
IWW South Sound General Education Union History (so far)
We were born June 3rd of 2018, on the rooftop of a “leftist” shop called Kinoki in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. Our initial meeting was inspired by the struggles that the working class were fighting… Read More
IWW Joins the International Confederation of Labor
In its annual referendum, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) North American Regional Administration voted overwhelmingly to officially join the recently formed International Confederation of Labor (ICL). The ICL is an international organization linking together revolutionary unions… Read More
PCS cancels contract. OlySol Wins!
Pacific Coast Security (PCS) has canceled its contracts with the downtown businesses that were being organized through the Olympia Downtown Association (ODA). As we reported in a previous issue, PCS was operating what they inappropriately called “safety teams”,… Read More
Donate or Pay dues to the Olympia IWW
If paying dues please indicate that you are. Please also let us know which months and at which rate. Thanks and Solidarity!
Posted: November 15, 2019 by x37pegasus
Nov/Dec Issue!