workplace activity

Workers' accounts and experiences of organising in their workplaces.

May Hai factory staff is in working hours. © ILO

May Hai factory staff is in working hours. © ILO

The Union On Our Own Terms

The union on our own terms - Alexis Buss

A 2006 pamphlet produced by the IWW of Alexis Buss’ writings on ‘minority unionism’, which was the base of which later became what the IWW would…

Contracts

A piece, most likely by editor Walker C. Smith, advocating against the signing of collective bargaining agreements, i.e. contracts. Originally appeared in the Industrial Worker (August 29, 1912).

Nurses on strike, December 2022

Thoughts after the first round of NHS strikes

A report on strikes by NHS workers in the UK after the first two days of strike action by nurses in December 2022, by Angry Workers of the World.

Tar sands developments

Profits of Doom: A Green Syndicalist Perspective on Tar Sands Worker Deaths

A central position of green syndicalism is that the destruction of nature and the destruction of…

The front cover of the document. Titled "Experiences of the ZSP-IWA". Picture of a picket by ZSP outside polomarket.

Experiences of the ZSP-IWA

A retrospective on the experiences the Union of Syndicalists (ZSP). Written for their 15th anniversary by Laure Akai. The PDF briefly describes…

Organising in the voluntary sector - interview with Bristol Solfed

An interview with Solidarity Bristol (Solfed) about one of their members helping organise a voluntary/community sector workplace. From Direct Action #34, 2005.

An image showing someone holding a bulletin reading "Wildcat Strike at Amazon" outside an Amazon warehouse

Amazon Workers' Bulletin

A bulletin produced by the Notes from Below group collecting workers' reports from Amazon, including wildcat strikes.

An image showing shelves inside a warehouse.

Wildcat strike at Amazon

A report of the recent wildcat strikes currently sweeping through Amazon warehouses in Britain, from a worker on the shopfloor. This article was…

Workers standing outside an Amazon building

How the Amazon wildcat spread

In this report, a worker in Coventry tells us how they joined the current wave of wildcat strikes sweeping through Amazon warehouses in Britain…

When we occupied the British Aircraft Corporation factory in 1974 – And reflections for today

Memories of workers' struggles and an occupation of the British Aircraft…

Staycation impossible: Supply-chain crunch, labour shortage and speed-ups in the camper van manufacturing industry

My thoughts after attending the “Workers Rising Everywhere” training: A critique of the McAlevey organising model

A grocery store worker reflects on his experience attending the latest installment…