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Mayday: By fighting we make things better

By Fighting we Make Things Better Through the course of the health crisis, the worst ills of our society have been revealed with unprecedented severity. Social and economic inequalities were deepened with such virulence that they have revealed the worst…

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International Workers Memorial Day

International Workers Memorial Day – with the official trade union movement online and some Council buildings lit up, it was left to a collective of dissidents to show how it coud be done safely & with imagination on 28th April.…

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Changing the mood music of ELT in Ireland

In this thoughtful and thought-provoking article, Paul Breen lays out some potential ways forward for the ELT industry post-COVID. Most poignantly, he thinks now might be the time to start seriously considering nationalising the industry and what that could mean…

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London IWW Kill the Bill statement

IWW Kill the Bill statement   CN: racist, gendered & state violence   The days since a vigil for Sarah Everard, a woman (allegedly) murdered by a serving Metropolitan police officer was brought to a violent end by his self-same…

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The thing about a crisis: What 2020 taught us about the TEFL industry

The thing about a crisis…   I’m a TEFL teacher (Teaching English as a Foreign Language). I’m also an organiser with the TEFL Workers’ Union, which is part of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). It’s not an industry…

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Organising Summit Spring 2021

Industrial  Workers of the  World Organising Summit Spring 2021 organising [at] iww [dot] org [dot] uk Each year the department is committed to running an event that help shape the unions future. It brings the members of the IWW Organising Department great…

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Letter to Bessemer Amazon workers from the TEFL Workers’ Union (IWW)

Dear Brothers and Sisters, We, as members of the TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) Workers’ Union branch of the Industrial Workers of the World, UK, would like to extend this message of solidarity to the workers at Amazon…

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Reclaim These Streets: Demanding Safety For Women

Reclaim These Streets: Demanding Safety For Women

This week I was thinking about the time I was approached by a man in the park on my way to college, and about another time when I hid in a furniture shop to get away from someone who was…

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Celebrating Women’s History Month & International Women’s Day

March is Women’s History Month in the UK and International Women’s Day is on March 8. I think it is important that we celebrate these in the IWW. Why? 8 March has been designated a UN day of action since…

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