Editing Industrial Workers of the World (section)

==== COVID-19 pandemic ====
[[File:GEO-ResStaff-MDining-March.jpg|thumb|IWW demonstrating with the [[Graduate Employees' Organization 3550]] at the [[2020 Michigan graduate students' strike]]]]
The IWW also organized workers during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States]]. In May 2020 the IWW established the [[Voodoo Doughnut]] Workers Union (DWU) in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]].  The newly formed union delivered a letter to management announcing the formation of a union and demanding higher wages, safety improvements and severance packages for employees laid off because of the coronavirus and Oregon's ongoing "[[shelter-in-place]]" order.<ref>{{cite news |last=Burley |first=Shane |date=May 1, 2020 |title=Coronavirus fight: Some US worker unions become more aggressive |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/coronavirus-fight-worker-unions-aggressive-200417212003336.html |work=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]] |access-date=May 8, 2020 |archive-date=May 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508020505/https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/coronavirus-fight-worker-unions-aggressive-200417212003336.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  In February 2021, after months of organizing, DWU workers officially filed for a union certification election with the [[National Labor Relations Board]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Frane|first=Alex|date=2021-02-22|title=Voodoo Doughnut Workers Call on the Company to Officially Recognize Its Union|url=https://pdx.eater.com/2021/2/22/22295800/voodoo-doughnut-union-recognition-election|access-date=2021-03-22|website=Eater Portland|language=en|archive-date=March 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305173535/https://pdx.eater.com/2021/2/22/22295800/voodoo-doughnut-union-recognition-election|url-status=live}}</ref>

The IWW also publicly announced the Second Staff (2S) workers' union in May 2020 at the Faison school, a private school serving students on the autism spectrum in [[Richmond, Virginia]], in response to what the union called a "reckless endangerment of staff and students" in trying to force the school to open too soon.<ref>{{cite news | last=Sabo | first=Joe | date=May 30, 2020 | title=Second Staff: An open demand letter from the workers to the admin at the Faison School | url=https://richmondiww.org/blog/2020/05/29/second-staff-going-public/ | access-date=May 30, 2020 | archive-date=June 18, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618213313/https://richmondiww.org/blog/2020/05/29/second-staff-going-public/ | url-status=live }}</ref> March 2021 saw a rash of organizing with the IWW. On March 9, workers at Moe's Books, an independent used bookstore in Berkeley, California, announced that they received voluntary recognition from Moe's Books management, officially unionizing with the IWW.<ref>{{Cite web|last=SFGATE|first=Katie Dowd|date=2021-03-10|title=Citing 'many incidents' of 'poor safety', Moe's Books unionizes|url=https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/moes-books-telegraph-union-iww-16015359.php|access-date=2021-03-22|website=SFGATE|language=en-US|archive-date=March 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322234313/https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/moes-books-telegraph-union-iww-16015359.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

Shortly after, on March 13, the IWW announced that it was organizing workers at the [[Socialist Rifle Association]] (SRA).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-13|title=Socialist Rifle Association Staff Join the IWW |url=https://iww.org/sra-workers-union/|access-date=2021-03-22|website=Industrial Workers of the World|language=en-US|archive-date=March 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314201502/https://iww.org/sra-workers-union/|url-status=live}}</ref> The union was voluntarily recognized by the SRA the following day. Two days later, on March 16, staff at the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (OVEC) announced their intent to unionize with the IWW, and requested voluntary recognition from management. In organizing, the OVEC workers seek to gain "a standardized pay scale, an equitable discipline policy, and the right to union representation at any meeting wherein matters affecting staff pay, hours, benefits, advancement, or layoffs may be discussed or voted on".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-03-16|title=Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition Staff Joins the IWW |url=https://iww.org/ohio-valley-environmental/|access-date=2021-03-22|website=Industrial Workers of the World|language=en-US|archive-date=March 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316234649/https://iww.org/ohio-valley-environmental/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The IWW is the first union in the United States to ratify a union contract for fast food workers. Five Oregon locations of [[Burgerville]] are unionized,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Burgerville and IWW ratify a contract in fast food first |url=https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/burgerville-negotiates-union-contract-a-first-for-fast-food-industry/610021/ |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=Restaurant Dive |language=en-US |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311163443/https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/burgerville-negotiates-union-contract-a-first-for-fast-food-industry/610021/ |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as one location of [[Voodoo Doughnut]] in downtown Portland.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Staub |first1=Colin |title=Voodoo Doughnut workers unionize in second attempt |url=https://nwlaborpress.org/2022/10/voodoo-doughnut-workers-unionize-in-second-attempt/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007175600/https://nwlaborpress.org/2022/10/voodoo-doughnut-workers-unionize-in-second-attempt/ |archive-date=2022-10-07  |website=Northwest Labor Press |date=October 7, 2022 |access-date=10 November 2022}}</ref>