Fellow Workers is an album by American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 folksinger

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 Utah Phillips

Utah Phillips

Bruce Duncan "Utah" Phillips was a labor organizer, folk singer, storyteller, poet and the "Golden Voice of the Great Southwest". He described the struggles of labor unions and the power of direct action, self-identifying as an anarchist...

 and American singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Ani DiFranco

Ani DiFranco

Ani DiFranco is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, guitarist, poet, and songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums, and is widely considered a feminist icon.-Biography:...

. It was released May 18, 1999, on Difranco's own Righteous Babe Records

Righteous Babe Records

Righteous Babe Records is an American independent record label. It was created by progressive folksinger Ani DiFranco in 1990 to release her own songs in lieu of being beholden to a mainstream record company.-History:...

. Fellow Workers is DiFranco's and Phillip's second collaboration, following The Past Didn't Go Anywhere

The Past Didn't Go Anywhere

The Past Didn't Go Anywhere is an album by American folksinger Utah Phillips and American singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco. It was released October 15, 1996, on Ani DiFranco's label, Righteous Babe Records....

. "Fellow workers!" is the phrase with which members of the Industrial Workers of the World

Industrial Workers of the World

The Industrial Workers of the World is an international union. At its peak in 1923, the organization claimed some 100,000 members in good standing, and could marshal the support of perhaps 300,000 workers. Its membership declined dramatically after a 1924 split brought on by internal conflict...

 traditionally begin their public addresses.

Track listing

1. "Joe Hill" (instrumental) – 2:36
2. "Stupid's Song" – 2:43
3. "The Most Dangerous Woman" – 3:43
4. "Stupid's Pledge" – 0:14
5. "Direct Action" – 4:52
6. "Pie in the Sky" – 3:29
7. "Shoot or Stab Them" – 2:43
8. "Lawrence" – 3:29
9. "Bread and Roses
   Bread and Roses
   The slogan "Bread and Roses" originated in a poem of that name by James Oppenheim, published in The American Magazine in December 1911, which attributed it to "the women in the West." It is commonly associated with a textile strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts during January-March 1912, now often...
   
   " – 1:45
10. "Why Come?" – 6:05
11. "Unless You Are Free" – 0:22
12. "I Will Not Obey" – 2:00
13. "The Long Memory" – 5:33
14. "The Silence That Is Me" – 0:41
15. "Joe Hill" – 1:37
16. "The Saw-Playing Musician" – 4:43
17. "Dump the Bosses" – 1:14
18. "The Internationale
    The Internationale
    The Internationale is a famous socialist, communist, social-democratic and anarchist anthem.The Internationale became the anthem of international socialism, and gained particular fame under the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1944, when it was that communist state's de facto central anthem...
    
    " – 2:48

Referred historical figures and events

This album refers heavily to historical figures and events, often in the context of labor struggles:

• "The Most Dangerous Woman"

Refers to Mary Harris "Mother" Jones

• "Shoot or Stab Them"

Refers to Lucy Parsons

Lucy Parsons

Lucy Eldine Gonzalez Parsons was an American labor organizer and radical socialist. She is remembered as a powerful orator.-Life:...

• "Joe Hill"

Refers to Joe Hill

Joe Hill

Joe Hill, born Joel Emmanuel Hägglund in Gävle , and also known as Joseph Hillström was a Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World...