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Industrial Worker
and Industrial Union Bulletin

Organ of the Industrial Workers of the World


The Industrial Union Bulletin, and the Industrial Worker were newspapers published by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).

During the economic panic of 1907, the Industrial Union Bulletin went from a weekly publication to every two weeks, and for a time publication was suspended. The last issue of the Industrial Union Bulletin was published March 6, 1909. A few days later, on March 18, the Industrial Worker, version II, No. 1, Vol. 1 was published in Spokane, Washington. We gave digitized both publications from 1907 through 1913.

The Industrial Worker, "the voice of revolutionary industrial unionism," is the newspaper of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). It is still published to this day and is the longest running radical newspaper in the U.S.

The newspaper was first printed in journal format in Joliet, Illinois, beginning in January 1906, incorporating The Voice of Labor, the newspaper from the former American Labor Union which had joined the IWW, and International Metal Worker. It was edited by A. S. Edwards, and early contributors include Eugene V. Debs, Jack London, Daniel DeLeon, Bill Haywood, and J. H. Walsh, along with poetry by Covington Hall. When the group led by ousted President Charles Sherman retained physical control over the paper after the union’s 1906 Convention, and continued publication under that name for a few months (before giving up the ghost), the IWW instead issued the Industrial Union Bulletin for several years and is reproduced here. A.S. Edwards was elected editor of the Bulletin in 1906. The second series of the Industrial Worker commenced in 1909 in Spokane, Washington, and has continued to this day, with only one major interruption, during the period of 1913-1916. In the early years, it was printed weekly and mainly circulated west of the Mississippi, while the IWW’s "Official Eastern Organ" was Solidarity published in New Castle, Pennsylvania and later, Cleveland, which continued until it merged with the Industrial Worker in Chicago in the 1930s.

The Spokane paper was the birthplace of the comic strip character Mr. Block, later commemorated in a Joe Hill song. The Industrial Worker usually ran four pages, with an annual eight page May Day issue reflecting on gains of the labor movement in the previous year. Circulation fell off due to the repression of the IWW during and after the First World War, reflecting a decline in the influence of radical unionism more generally.

The digitization of both the Industrial Union Bulletin and the Industrial Worker were the result of the work done by Marty Goodman of the Riazanov Library Project. For more information on the Riazanaov Library Project click here. For more technical information on the scanning and digitization techniques click here.

—Based on the Wikipedia entry and the introduction to the
Greenwood Publication of the the Industrial Union Bulletin
and the Industrial Worker by Melvyn Dubofsky
.


Table of Contents

Industrial Union Bulletin
(Volume 1, March 2, 1907 through February 22, 1908):

March 2 1907

March 9 1907

March 16, 1907

March 23, 1907

March 30, 1907

April 6, 1907

April 13, 1907

April 20, 1907

April 27, 1907

May 4, 1907

May 11, 1907

May 18, 1907

May 25, 1907

June 1, 1907

June 8, 1907

June 15, 1907

June 22, 1907

June 29, 1907

July 6, 1907

July 13, 1907

July 20, 1907

July 27, 1907

August 3, 1907

August 10, 1907

August 17, 1907

August 24, 1907

August 31, 1907

September 7, 1907

September 14, 1907

September 21, 1907

September 28, 1907

October 5, 1907

October 12, 1907

October 19, 1907

October 26, 1907

November 2, 1907

November 9, 1907

November 16, 1907

November 23, 1907

November 30, 1907

December 7, 1907

December 14, 1907

December 21, 1907

December 28, 1907

January 4, 1908

January 11, 1908

January 18, 1908

January 25, 1908

February 1, 1908

February 8, 1908

February 15, 1908

February 22, 1908

Industrial Union Bulletin
(Volume 2, February 29, 1908 through March 6, 1909):

February 29, 1908

March 7, 1908

March 14, 1908

March 21, 1908

March 28, 1908

April 4, 1908

April 11, 1908

April 18, 1908

April 25, 1908

May 2, 1908

May 9, 1908

May 16, 1908

May 23, 1908

May 30, 1908

June 6, 1908

June 13, 1908

June 20, 1908

June 27, 1908

July 4, 1908

July 11, 1908

July , 1908

August 8, 1908

August 22, 1908

September 5, 1908

September 19, 1908

October 10, 1908

October 24, 1908

November 7, 1908

December 12, 1908

February 20, 1909

February 27, 1909

March 6, 1909

Industrial Worker
(Volume 1, March 18, 1909 through March 19, 1910):

March 18, 1909

March 25, 1909

April 1, 1909

April 8, 1909

April 15, 1909

April 22, 1909

April 29, 1909

May 6, 1909

May 13, 1909

May 20, 1909

May 27, 1909

July 3, 1909

June 10, 1909

June 17, 1909

June , 1909

July 1, 1909

July 8, 1909

July 15, 1909

July 22, 1909

July 29, 1909

August 5, 1909

August 12, 1909

August 19, 1909

August 26, 1909

September 2, 1909

September 9, 1909

September 16, 1909

September 23, 1909

September 30, 1909

October 7, 1909

October 20, 1909

October 27, 1909

November 3, 1909

November 10, 1909

November 17, 1909

November 24, 1909

December 1, 1909

December 15, 1909

December 25, 1909

January 1, 1910

January 8, 1910

January 15, 1910

January 22, 1910

January 29, 1910

February 5 , 1910

February 12, 1910

February 19, 1910

February 26, 1910

March 5, 1910

March 12, 1910

March 19, 1910

Industrial Worker
(Volume 2, March 26, 1910 through March 16, 1911):

March 26, 1910

April 2, 1910

April 9, 1910

April 16, 1910

April 23, 1910

April 30, 1910

May 7, 1910

May 14, 1910

May 21, 1910

May 28, 1910

June 4, 1910

June 11, 1910

June 18, 1910

June 25, 1910

July 2, 1910

July 9, 1910

July 16, 1910

July 23, 1910

July 30, 1910

August 6, 1910

August 13, 1910

August 20, 1910

August 27, 1910

September 3, 1910

September 10, 1910

September 17, 1910

September 24, 1910

October 1, 1910

October 8, 1910

October 15, 1910

October 19, 1910

October 26, 1910

November 2, 1910

November 9, 1910

November 17, 1910

November 24, 1910

December 1, 1910

December 8, 1910

December 15, 1910

December 22, 1910

December 29, 1910

January 5, 1911

January 12, 1911

January 19, 1911

January 26, 1911

February 2, 1911

February 9, 1911

February 16, 1911

February 23, 1911

March 2, 1911

March 9, 1911

March 16, 1911

Industrial Worker
(Volume 3, March 23, 1912 through March 21, 1912):

March 23, 1911

March 30, 1911

April 6, 1911

April 20, 1911

April 27, 1911

May 4, 1911

May 11, 1911

May 18, 1911

May 25, 1911

June 1, 1911

June 8, 1911

June 15, 1911

June 22, 1911

June 29, 1911

July 6, 1911

July 13, 1911

July 20, 1911

July 27, 1911

August 3, 1911

August 10, 1911

August 17, 1911

August 24, 1911

August , 1911

September 7, 1911

September 14, 1911

September 21, 1911

September 28, 1911

October 5, 1911

October 12, 1911

October 19, 1911

October 26, 1911

November 2, 1911

November 9, 1911

November 16, 1911

November 23, 1911

November 30, 1911

December 7, 1911

December 14, 1911

December 21, 1911

December 28, 1911

January 4, 1912

January 11, 1912

January 18, 1912

January 25, 1912

February 1, 1912

February 8 1912

February 15, 1912

February 22, 1912

February 29, 1912

March 7, 1912

March 14, 1912

March 21, 1912

Industrial Worker
(Volume 4, March 28, 1912 through March 20, 1913):

March 28, 1912

April 4, 1912

April 11, 1912

April18 , 1912

April 25, 1912

May 1, 1912

May 9, 1912

May ,16 1912

May 23, 1912

May 30, 1912

June 6, 1912

June 13, 1912

June 20, 1912

June 27, 1912

July 4, 1912

July 11, 1912

July 18, 1912

July 25, 1912

August 1, 1912

August 8, 1912

August 15, 1912

August 22, 1912

August 29, 1912

September 5, 1912

September 12, 1912

September 19, 1912

September 26, 1912

October 3, 1912

October 10, 1912

October 17, 1912

October 24, 1912

October 31, 1912

November 7, 1912

November 14, 1912

November 21, 1912

November 28, 1912

December 5, 1912

December 12, 1912

December 19, 1912

December 26, 1912

January 2, 1913

January 9, 1913

January 16, 1913

January 23, 1913

January 30, 1913

February 6, 1913

February 12, 1913

February 20, 1913

February 27, 1913

March 6, 1913

March 13, 1913

March 20, 1913

Industrial Worker
(Volume 5, March 27, 1913 through September 4, 1913):

March 27, 1913

April 3, 1913

April 10, 1913

April 17, 1913

April 24, 1913

May 1, 1913

May 8, 1913

May 15, 1913

May 22, 1913

May 29, 1913

June 5, 1913

June 12, 1913

June 19, 1913

June 26, 1913

July 3, 1913

July 10, 1913

July 17, 1913

July 24, 1913

August 14, 1913

August 21, 1913

September 4, 1913