samwallman
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🕑 Added 2023-10-13 05:07:45 +0000 UTCHey mates here’s latest piece for Overland supporting the calls to push cars out of the middle of the city:
The City of Melbourne is considering it, it’s not too much of a wacky idea, “everything seems impossible til its done”, etc!!!!!! i rly want to make more of these ‘urban planny’ kinds of artworks in the future
had the absolute fkn HONOUR of heading along to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union / ILWU Youth Conference in Vancouver a couple of weeks ago. Got to spend my birthday talking to fellow dockworkers about the utility of art in struggle. a couple of hundred of us together workshopped some symbolism for new artworks it was so cool, one of the best conferences and best unions on the planet imo
drew this in support of teachers and academics taking part in the beautiful strike wave thats currently washing thru the brittle ivory towers around australia:
A bunch of ppl were after stickers, you can order some from here if u want.
If you want to do a bulk order (100+), send me a message and we can sort it for cheaper. Also dont fagget the code PAYTRONE if u buy anything from the online store its 25% off with that code cheers
drew the below poster in celebration of the (victorious 😭) strike at Inghams, against so many odds:
And this one in support of the on-going ETU strike at EnerSys, based on a deranged thing the feral from HR said:
Made this one for my bf as thanks for copping my night-shifts on the chin:
Some workmates wanted copies so i put it in my website as a free download, if u want to print yrself feel free if u also work rubbish hours
Also put this one as a free downloadable graphic if it might ever come in handy :
if you want me to add the name of your workplace along the bosses arm above, i'd be happy to just send me a msg.
Made this following scrappy one about inflation after getting annoyed at the supermarket hahaha im pathetic
Chelsea from the MUA and Alex from CEPU made these cans celebrating the RAFFWU strike documentary 'We Are All In This For Everyone Else: The Union Campaign at Better Read Than Dead' which you can watch for free here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBCPNMTwkJw it was just put online a few days ago.
I have a spare can if anyone wants one, especially if you’re a retail or fast food worker or were inspired by that dispute click """like""” on this post and i’ll send it to one of u at random
The above drawing is for a group of rank and file teachers trying to build power and also drag their union to fight some more, its a masthead for their new publication, which i think will come out soon. If you're a public school teacher and might like to be involved in some way with this new group send me a message or comment on this post and i can try to link you up.
The ‘Ban Cars’ piece at the start of this post was sponsored by Co-Power, a non-profit cooperative and green energy retailer. U can visit their website to read about their project and to switch to them as your energy provider, they’re cheap as and a rly good experiment imo.
Apart from that ban cars piece, all of the above drawings were done off my own bat, so i wasn’t commissioned or paid formally except for from u guys so THANKS.
Think i sent this through as just the black and white linework, here is the final piece,
again u can download and print yourself if it might come in handy, i believe the campaign to make public transport on Sydney road accessible is ongoing.
Obvs it's great when unions fight for things outside of just wages and conditions, but my god the Electircal Trades Union and other building unions have not been covering themselves in glory by wasting so many resources fighting for the right to…… shoot ducks???
and for the most part the shooting is not even for eating, just for kicks, the dickheads, it’s embarrassing. i've been to the wetlands after hunting season and the shooters just leave the ducks strewn around the landscape its fkn gross tbh
a friend and fellow Workers Art Collective member made the above stickers to encourage the unions to focus on ACTUAL SHIT THAT EFFECTS WORKERS LIVES there’s no shortage of issues. the stickers are free for ETU members, just send a msg to Garage Press and Distro with a picture of yr current membership card and a mailing address. For everyone else, u can order some here
‘12 Rules for Strife’ the book Jeff Sparrow and I have made with Scribe and editor David Golding is going to print early next week 😭 if you're in australia u can pre-order it here, or in north america u can order from here.
okay might leave it there, thanks hepas, might see some of u at this on sunday!!!!!
Comments
Thanks for the art and continuous work you do for the union movement. ✊🏼
Isaac Davies
Top notch as always mate!
