What the I.W.W. Wants

Industrial Unionist, Volume 1, Issue 13, 8 November 1913, Page 1

What the I.W.W. Wants

To the Workers of Auckland and Suburbs, Organised and Unorganised, Male and Female.

AS A PROTEST AGAINST THE INVASION OF OUR CITY BY A MOB OF IRRESPONSIBLE, HALF CIVILISED, ARMED BULLIES, AND WHO ARE BOASTING OPENLY OF THEIR INTENTION TO RUN RIOT, USING ALL THE VARIOUS WEAPONS WITH WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN ARMED AT THE INSTIGATION OF TYRANNICAL EMPLOYERS, WE CALL UPON ALL THE WORKERS OF AUCKLANDORGANISED AND UNORGANISED, MALE AND FEMALE—TO CEASE WORK IMMEDIATELY ON THE INTRODUCTION OF THESE RUFFIANS ON OUR WHARVES, THUS EMULATING THE LEAD GIVEN BY TRAMWAYMEN, CARi ERS, EXHIBITION WORKERS, SEAMEN, AND THE SPIRIT OF THE ENGINEDRI VERS, BRICKLAYERS, SHEET - METAL WORKERS, GROCERS, AND MANY OTHER KINDRED ORGANISATIONS. NOT DESIRING BLOODSHED, WE CONSIDER —WITH THOUSANDS OF WORKERS IN AUCKLAND AND SUBURBS—THAT THIS WILL BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS OF COPING WITH RUFFIANISM, TYRANNY, AND LEGALISED BRUTALITY OF EVERY KIND,

(Issued by Strike Committee.)