Fellow Workers

Fellow Workers is an album by American folksinger Utah Phillips and American singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco. It was released May 18, 1999, on Difranco's own Righteous Babe Records. Fellow Workers is DiFranco's and Phillip's second collaboration, following The Past Didn't Go Anywhere. "Fellow workers!" is the phrase with which members of the Industrial Workers of the World traditionally begin their public addresses.

Fellow Workers
Studio album by Utah Phillips and Ani DiFranco
Released	May 18, 1999
Genre	Folk Indie rock
Length	51:28
Label	Righteous Babe
Ani DiFranco chronology
Up Up Up Up Up Up (1999) Fellow Workers (1999) To the Teeth (1999)
Utah Phillips chronology
The Telling Takes Me Home (1997) Fellow Workers (1999) Moscow Hold (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[2]
Robert Christgau	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]
Spin	(6/10)[5]

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" – 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" – 2:48

Historical references

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

• "Joe Hill" refers to Joe Hill
• "The Most Dangerous Woman" refers to Mary Harris "Mother" Jones and the West Virginia coal wars
• "Direct Action" refers to the Spokane free speech fight
• "Shoot or Stab Them" refers to Lucy Parsons and the Haymarket affair
• "Lawrence" and "Bread and Roses" refer to the 1912 Lawrence textile strike
• "Lawrence" also refers to "Smiling Joe" Ettor
• "Why Come" refers to the Everett massacre

References

1. Phares, Heather. Fellow Workers at AllMusic
2. Entertainment Weekly review
3. Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
4. Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City: Simon and Schuster. pp. 236-7. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone ani difranco album guide.
5. Album reviews at CD Universe