<P> Recently, the IWW has focused its efforts on health and education workers, publishing a national industrial newsletter for health workers and a specific bulletin for workers in the National Blood Service . In 2007 it launched a campaign alongside the anti-capitalist group No Sweat which attempted to replicate some of the successes of the US IWW's organising drives amongst Starbucks workers . In the same year its health - workers' network launched a national campaign against cuts in the National Blood Service, which is ongoing . </P> <P> Also in 2007, IWW branches in Glasgow and Dumfries were a key driving force in a successful campaign to prevent the closure of one of Glasgow University's campuses, (The Crichton) in Dumfries . The campaign united IWW members, other unions, students and the local community to build a powerful coalition . Its success, coupled with the National Blood Service campaign, has raised the IWW's profile significantly since then . </P> <P> In 2011, the IWW representing cleaners at the Guildhall won back - pay and the right to collective negotiation with their employers, Ocean . Also in 2011, branches of the IWW were set up in Lincoln, Manchester and Sheffield (notably workers employed by Pizza Hut). </P> <P> The Edinburgh General Membership Branch of the IWW along with other branches of the IWW's Scottish section voted in 2014 to become a signatory to the "From Yes to Action Statement" produced by the Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh . In 2015, along with similar groups such as the Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty and Edinburgh Anarchist Federation, they joined the Scottish Action Against Austerity network . </P>

An american union leader and one of the founding members of the industrial workers of the world