Scabs!: part I
Submitted by Recomposition on Jan 31 2014 23:39
The first part of an account by Phinneas Gage of a wildcat strike by employees of a private mail contractor, and the difficulty the postal worker's union had in going beyond 'bargaining unit unionism'.
You might just be a Wobbly: a speech from the 2013 IWW convention
The words of welcome which a member from the Edmonton General Membership Branch delivered at this year’s IWW delegate convention.
The Teamster Raid on the UTU: A Dispatch from the civil war in the Canadian Transport Industry
Submitted by Recomposition on Jul 6 2012 22:10
This article is based on several interviews with workers that IWW members spoke with while supporting a couple strikes at Canada National Rail. The piece deals with the politics of the several unions who were all vying to become the One Big Union on the railways. It’s also worth looking at the rhetoric and practice of current contemporary Industrial Unionism and the revolutionary vision of the early 20th Century. There’s a lot of talk about mergers and consolidation right now in the labour movement. This is something pay attention to over the next few years.
Snapshots of the student movement in Montreal
Submitted by Recomposition on May 27 2012 20:57
At the bottom of this article are links for how your trade union or community group can support the students’ struggle. That will help tremendously, but spreading the struggle to your own job or school will do even more. This article is meant to help explain how, by showing how students in Quebec were able to organize their general strike.
Let me sleep on it
Submitted by Recomposition on Apr 20 2012 09:11
Our series on work, sleep and dreams continues with a story about a sleepwalking postal worker.
Interviews with organizers: Canada’s postal struggles & the New School occupation
Submitted by Recomposition on Mar 31 2012 02:18
Two interviews with organizers in recent struggles.
Conversation on general strikes
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Mar 24 2012 02:53
This is part of a discussion on Facebook that started off some questions on the topic of general strikes. I thought the conversation was interesting, so decided to turn into a blog post.
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.
