Scabs! part II: the St. Albert wildcat
Submitted by Recomposition on Feb 11 2014 03:28
This entry is the second part in a two-part story from contributor Phinneas Gage about a wildcat strike by contractors at the Canadian postal service, and continues our coverage of struggles within Canada Post.
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'.
Images from 1970 U.S. postal strike
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Dec 25 2013 03:12
Pictures from the 2 week wildcat strike at the post office in the U.S. For background on what and why it happened, we recommend these excerpts from Jeremy Brecher's excellent book, Strike!.
U.S. Army report on strikebreaking activities during the 1970 postal strike
A report by the U.S. Army on their strikebreaking activities (delivering the mail, etc.) during the 1970 postal workers strike.
1970 USPS strike: the strike that stunned the country
An article from March 30, 1970 Time Magazine about the nationwide United States Postal Service strike that year.
So invisible were the docile, dependable men in gray until last week that no one noticed that their passions were about to explode into a historic and ominous strike. The first national postal stoppage in U.S.
What happened in Edmonton this week: an appeal for solidarity from a letter carrier in Edmonton
Submitted by Recomposition on Oct 30 2013 03:54
An appeal for solidarity from a letter carrier in Edmonton to other postal workers at Canada Post in response to creeping management disciplinary letters.
This week we have seen hundreds of letter carriers in Edmonton take a stand. They took a stand for health and safety, they took a stand for their ability to provide for those who depend on their income, and they took a stand in defense of a public institution that is under attack.
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How do we fight privatisation?
Submitted by Phil on Sep 20 2013 13:20
Some quick thoughts on privatisation and how workers can effectively challenge it.
There two high profile cases of privatisation at the moment. Royal Mail is the one that’s hitting the headlines right now, but the National Health Service is also being sold off piece by piece.
The national US Postal Service wildcat strike, 1970 - Jeremy Brecher
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 13 2013 18:01
Jeremy Brecher's short history of the successful nationwide illegal wildcat strike of American postal workers: the first major strike of federal government workers.
Solidarity for workers' power #2.01
First issue of the second volume of Solidarity with a series of articles looking at on-the-job action in the workplace including working to rule, withdrawing goodwill, sabotage and more.
Contents
- A week at the circus - on a court case of an anti-nuclear protester
- Working to rule - an analysis of the workers-tactic of the work to rule, looking in particular at a 1961 postal workers' dispute
- The gospel according to rule - E Morse - In the Beginning Was the Rule…
Unity: Voice of concerned postal workers
Scanned versions of Unity: voice of concerned postal workers, and anarcho-syndicalist workplace newsletter for postal workers in Australia in the 1980s produced by postal workers in the Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation.
Digitised by libcom.org, December 2012. If you have more copies of this newsletter please let us know in the comments below as we would love to expand our very small archive.
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