Direct action
Direct action in the labor movement initially referred to the actions taken by workers for themselves, as opposed to actions taken in their name by legislative or other representatives. For example, dual-card IWW members have been known to advocate direct action on the shop floor to force employers to provide safer working conditions, to be more responsive to workers' demands, and to avoid speedup situations. However, the expression has sometimes "been contorted to cover all the implications of mayhem and destruction..." Some of the confusion may result from varying definitions offered by different Wobbly publications. The "Industrial Worker" described direct action as "any effort made directly for the purpose of getting more of the goods from the boss." The eastern U.S. IWW publication "Solidarity" defined direct action as "dealing directly with the boss through your labor union. The strike in its different forms, is the best known example of 'direct action'."