on-the-job action

Working at Artistry Bakery and Cafe - Madaline Dreyfus

Submitted by Recomposition on Apr 13 2013 21:02

In this article, Madaline tells the story of how she fell into organizing and the IWW – pushed both by terrible bosses and by amazing solidarity among her coworkers.

Building relationships and community in an IWW workplace committee

Submitted by Recomposition on Oct 11 2012 08:07

A fellow IWW member sent us this article about the importance of relationship building in our organizing, and the importance of not limiting our relationships to being narrowly about work.

Informal work groups and resistance on the sunrise shift

An account of an informal work group at UPS taking on a grievance with management.

Fighting and firings at Canada Post

Submitted by Recomposition on Feb 17 2012 08:57

In this post, Phinneas Gage tells a story about action on the job, management retaliation, and workers’ responses.

The committee in action - Phinneas Gage

Submitted by Recomposition on Jan 31 2012 22:16

In this article Phinneas Gage describes how workers at Canada Post have organized themselves, and the ups and downs and risks of organizing.

Holding the line: informal pace setting in the workplace

Submitted by Recomposition on Dec 20 2011 20:56

Juan Conatz recalls an experience working in a warehouse which was trying to increase productivity and the resistance that some of his co-workers responded with.

'Photocopying? No thanks!' Teachers 'work to rule' in force

Submitted by Choccy on Dec 7 2011 17:27

Since 1st December, teachers in the NASUWT have been on a 'work to rule', engaging only in tasks within their job description in an attempt to tackle workload issues.

Workmates: direct action workplace organising on the London Underground

In the late 1990s, plans to outsource track maintenance on the London Underground were being pushed through by the government. Workers at one depot responded by forming a new workplace group, both inside and outside the existing union, the RMT. This pamphlet charts the highs and lows of the Workmates collective, highlighting their successes and failures, their radically democratic organising method and their creative forms of direct action. We hope it can provide an inspiration to other workers frustrated with the limits of the existing workplace organisations.

Postal worker solidarity defeats compulsory overtime - Rachel Stafford

Submitted by Recomposition on May 5 2011 08:57

One worker's account and analysis of a wave of wildcat stoppages and collective refusals of "forceback" compulsory overtime in the Canadian post office.