The Whatcom Worker

10/12/2024

https://whatcomworker.wordpress.com/2024/10/12/attention-national-association-of-letter-carriers-nalc-450-rally-and-picket-oct-14-2024/

Please support our local postal workers in their struggle to maintain a fair wage and a decent quality of life. They do their job in the rain, sleet, or snow and they do it well. Join the National …

09/07/2023

What does the Hollywood Strike Tell Us?

Written By: Matthew Colston Over the last couple of months Los Angeles has erupted into the home of several large labor strikes The impacts will be felt for the couple years. The Writer’s Gui…

07/18/2023

The Whatcom-Skagit Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, commonly called ‘Wobblies’ or ‘Wobs’) is organized to help workers gain their rights and more power in their workplaces, form unions that are member-controlled, to support one another in our efforts, and to spread solidarity around the region. Our branch was chartered by the IWW General Administration in January, 2015.

IWW is a dues-paying, membership controlled union and solidarity organization. Dues are low and based on income. All workers are urged to join us, one-by-one or by the whole shop. See the Join IWW page to learn about membership. We especially seek food service and retail workers to join us and help spread our organization into those industries.

Revolutionary union organizing in NW Washington

07/17/2023

Support the Bellingham Education Association (BEA). BEA is an organization of education professionals in the Bellingham School District. There are about 890 members-including Bellingham Technical College. Our members include classroom teachers, psychologists, resource teachers, counselors, occupational and physical therapists, library media specialists, speech and language pathologist, specialists, and more.
http://www.bellinghamea.com/about.html

07/16/2023

We have published our 2023 Bellingham City Primary Election Guide. See it here:

STOP! Before you read this voter’s guide, know that this is not objective. First, we aren’t the New York Times, we aren’t here to be objective. We follow the work being done and pay attention to wh…

07/13/2023

https://whatcomworker.wordpress.com/2023/07/12/local-231-teamsters-practice-picketing/

Original Post: As the national talks breakdown between the UPS and the Teamsters, Local 231 Teamsters practice picketing. All across the country Teamsters are preparing for a battle for the future …

07/07/2023

Shoutout to the Bellingham Starbucks workers SBWorkersUnited who stood up against discrimination!

Written By: Matthew Colston Edited By: Mikayla Kennedy The Whatcom Worker of the Week of July 2nd to the 8th is actually the WORKERS at Starbucks, especially here in Bellingham! They went on STRIKE…

07/02/2023

Shout out to the REI Union Bellingham workers.

Written By: Matthew Colston Edited By: Mikayla Kennedy We are starting a tradition here at the Whatcom Worker. We, being a labor focused publication, want to acknowledge the people who make up our …

06/30/2023

Another week, another group of great workers! Western Academic Workers United congratulations!

Written By: Matthew Colston Edited By: Mikayla Kennedy Whatcom Workers of the Week are the student employees at Western Washington University who have formed Western Academic Workers United. Their …