Recently, workers from across industries and unions have come together to hold an alternative event to the annual Labor Notes conference. Labor Notes has been a presence within the labor movement for decades with the goal of democratizing and reforming unions to better represent the interests of rank and file union members, at least for a time. 

As highlighted in the statement released by “For A Fighting Workers Movement,” Labor Notes has become enmeshed within the labor bureaucracy, representing their interests over the rank and file, while stifling the efforts of workers pushing for a more militant orientation.

These workers have started their own caucuses to address the void left by Labor Notes as they began hitching their wagon to business union bureaucrats while also cozying up to the two capitalist parties.

As an IWW local we welcome the call to build a workers’ united front on the basis of a class struggle orientation. We firmly agree with the six points of unity in the founding statement of For A Fighting Workers Movement and seek to play our part in building this effort across industries and unions to strengthen the working class and realize our objective of abolishing the wage system.

We also encourage other IWW locals and the national body to endorse this effort as many wobblies are dual card members of both the IWW and other unions.

Coordinating with IWW dual card members and other workers within different union affiliations can only help the task of organizing the unorganized, pushing the union movement left, and build working class power across the US.

Solidarity Forever.