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IWW resolution on Gaza

IWW resolution on Gaza

The International Solidarity Commission (ISC) of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) condemns in the strongest possible terms the military attack by the Israeli state and IDF on the 1.5 million Palestinian people living in the Gaza strip. This…

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Apprenticeships to boost economy, but at what cost?

Apprenticeships to boost economy, but at what cost?

It has been announced that the government plans to create an extra 35,000 apprenticeship places in the next year, as an effort to combat the recession that is well underway. Gordon Brown has pledged a whopping £140 million to create…

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GREECE IN FLAMES!

GREECE IN FLAMES!

For days the young people of Greece have been in the streets, venting their anger. Anger against the police who murdered a 15 year-old in cold blood. Anger towards a political class (those of all parties) which is infested with…

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Court Trials in Working Courts against Workers Initiative members

Court Trials in Working Courts against Workers Initiative members

In next week there will be Court Trials in the Polish ‘Working Courts’ against members of the Workers’ Initiative, a union with whom the IWW has a formal alliance. It is important that people send protest letters and faxes from…

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IWW Truckers turning up the heat in the USA

IWW Truckers turning up the heat in the USA

On the weekend of Martin Luther King Day (19th January), log truckers and container haulers from Eastern North Carolina and Virginia will be gathering to formally charter the United Truckers Union as part of the IWW. This event will be…

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Bullying at Work Survival Guide

Bullying at Work Survival Guide

Spotting Bullying Bullies tend to surround themselves with supporters and spies while cultivating allies in senior management. They create rivalries in the workplace, bringing out the worst in people as they try to be ‘in’ with the bully. Being bullied…

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Lets get organising!

Lets get organising!

When the fat cat city ‘bankers’, stock broker, financial whiz kids and economists: the people who really run the country, the people who determine government policy on the economy and public spending (or lack of) and taxation, the people who…

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October 2008 edition of workingclassroom available online

October 2008 edition of workingclassroom available online

The second edition of IWW Education Workers Industrial Union’s occasional freesheet, workingclasroom, is now available online and in print. It contains news, views, letters, and details on how to get in touch with EWIU. Download pages 1 and 4 Download…

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Worker killed – evidence at Glasgow Fatal Accident Inquiry damns employers

Worker killed – evidence at Glasgow Fatal Accident Inquiry damns employers

The main Health and Safety inspector attending the scene told Glasgow Sheriff Court that the lorry tail-lift that killed Dr Graham Meldrum at Allied Bakeries Glasgow depot in July 2005 was not operational. The lorry should not have been on…

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