世界工業勞工（IWW） -- 革命工聯初步

Posted Tue, 11/22/2005 - 5:22am by x344543

自從1970年，全世界有個大改變。 前所未知的"財富"轉移，導致無數人貧窮，而少數幾個富到以往所無法夢想。我們可以看到：

今天，世界的340位億萬富翁控制的財富，超過20億最窮的人的總所有。每天我們看到飢餓，環境惡化和人類文明的毀壞，為了什麼呢？讓區區一、二千人暴富和掌權。

我們看到了所謂「共產主義」體制的崩解，還有一個差不了多少的自由市場體系的開始。

我們看到工業主義移到前社會主義國家和"開發中"國家和連帶的狂買情況和資源整批竊盜的興起。

世界工業勞工（IWW或Wobblies）是從1905年開始就存在的革命工聯。IWW是由北美洲要求一個真正激進，民主工會的一般勞工所建立。

在工會中，Wobblies是有名的，老闆們怕我們。透過我們民主的結構，彈性策略，團結和未來的願景，IWW的影響一直被全世界感受到。

而IWW在今天比以往更加重要。我們希望這份簡介，能鼓舞你加入我們，一起建造所有勞工的「單一大聯盟」，並一舉掃除剝削的資本主義和階級社會。

世界工業勞工（IWW） -- 革命工聯初步

Posted Tue, 11/22/2005 - 5:22am by x344543

自從1970年，全世界有個大改變。 前所未知的"財富"轉移，導致無數人貧窮，而少數幾個富到以往所無法夢想。我們可以看到：

今天，世界的340位億萬富翁控制的財富，超過20億最窮的人的總所有。每天我們看到飢餓，環境惡化和人類文明的毀壞，為了什麼呢？讓區區一、二千人暴富和掌權。

我們看到了所謂「共產主義」體制的崩解，還有一個差不了多少的自由市場體系的開始。

我們看到工業主義移到前社會主義國家和"開發中"國家和連帶的狂買情況和資源整批竊盜的興起。

世界工業勞工（IWW或Wobblies）是從1905年開始就存在的革命工聯。IWW是由北美洲要求一個真正激進，民主工會的一般勞工所建立。

在工會中，Wobblies是有名的，老闆們怕我們。透過我們民主的結構，彈性策略，團結和未來的願景，IWW的影響一直被全世界感受到。

而IWW在今天比以往更加重要。我們希望這份簡介，能鼓舞你加入我們，一起建造所有勞工的「單一大聯盟」，並一舉掃除剝削的資本主義和階級社會。

May 1st in the Twin Cities

Posted Wed, 05/23/2012 - 9:42pm by IWW.org Editor

By Elijah Marks - The Organizer May 16, 2012

The celebration of International Workers’ Day in the Twin Cities brought together many groups organizing around various struggles. The resurgent Occupy movement has injected new energy into the holiday.

Local organizing coalesced in an Occupy May 1st Twin Cities group, planning for a day of action around ‘no work, no school’ and a ‘day without the 99%’ For months leading up to the action, they met weekly at the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)’s office to coordinate with other groups, plan events for the day, and make and spread posters and leaflets.

The mutual aid ethos of the wider Occupy movement was demonstrated through Occuprint, an offshoot of Occupy Wall Street in New York City, who helped with May 1st publicity in the Twin Cities—and other cities across the country—by distributing hundreds of high-quality, large-format posters and newspapers. Additionally, local designers created their own innovative designs, such as the following poster:

Another form of circulation of common media across the country was a zine with an illustrated history of May Day. During the meet-up at the beginning of the day, I found this zine to be a useful means for meeting new people and sparking conversations. Talking about this history made us feel connected with the tradition of struggle for immigrants’ and workers’ rights, such as the 8-hour workday, that most people take for granted, and seeing that nothing will be gained—and much could be lost—without continued militant struggle.

Flaum workers win in biggest victory yet with IWW support!

Posted Wed, 05/23/2012 - 8:55pm by IWW.org Editor

By Daniel Gross - May 7, 2012

We are overjoyed to announce the biggest victory yet from Focus on the Food Chain!  Workers at Flaum Appetizing, with your unwavering support, have won their campaign with an exemplary global agreement.  Our members have recovered $577,000 in unpaid wages and compensation for retaliation along with a binding code of conduct ensuring Flaum comports with all workplace rights going forward including anti-discrimination and health & safety protections.

You can check out some of the press coverage on today's victory:

New York Times: Kosher-Food Manufacturer to Pay $577,000 in Settlement

Crain's New York: Settlement paves way for end of hummus boycott

Jewish Daily Forward: Uri L'Tzedek Celebrates Flaums Victory

For over a decade, workers at Flaum Appetizing worked grueling sixty to eighty hour work weeks without overtime pay and sometimes not even the minimum wage.  Latino workers were subjected to constant verbal harassment and forced to work at unsafe speeds.  Focus on the Food Chain, a joint project of Brandworkers and the NYC IWW, helped the workers launch a powerful campaign that persuaded over 120 grocery store locations to remove Flaum products from their shelves and convinced the world's largest kosher cheese company to stop using Flaum as a distributor until workers' rights were respected. In the process, Flaum workers won a precedent-setting victory at the Labor Board in D.C. helping workers nationwide fend off unfounded allegations into their immigration status.

IWW International Solidarity Commission in solidarity with the CGT-Barcelona and Laura Gómez

Posted Tue, 05/22/2012 - 7:57pm by IWW.org Editor

The International Solidarity Commission of the Industrial Workers of the World condemns the actions taken by the Mossos d'Esquadra, Catalonia police. Laura Gómez, the General Secretary of CGT-Barcelona was arrested by the Mossos d'Esquadra for trumped up charges that have no basis in fact. It is obvious that this is nothing more than an act of repression and intimidation in response to the growing workers' mobilizations in Spain. We demand the immediate release of Laura Gómez and the withdrawal of all charges.

We are in solidarity with, and commend, the CGT-Barcelona, Laura Gómez, and the rest of Spain's working class for their ongoing struggle against police repression and labour injustice.

Solidarity Forever,
International Solidarity Commission
Industrial Workers of the World.