Victimised reps forced to lobby their union in fight for support
Submitted by Phil on Dec 1 2014 19:10
Two union reps sacked by their employer for their trade union activities are lobbying the National Executive Committee of the PCS union tomorrow. In two very similar cases of union busting and victimisation, the union has failed to offer adequate support in quite different ways.
The student parliament: reflections on the Sunflower movement
Submitted by Nao on May 30 2014 16:56
The Taiwanese students movement against Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement with China was hardly a radical movement in any way, it nonetheless politicized a lot of people and perhaps opened up space for a more radical critique of existing relations. The following are a few reflections and impressions of events that took place in Taipei from middle of March to beginning of May.
Invisible work: women’s challenges in the service economy
Lydia Alpural-Sullivan on gendered pay disparities.
PCS hangs militant rep out to dry in HP dispute
Submitted by Phil on Jan 24 2014 17:14
The Public and Commercial Services Union has in the past year worked to sabotage a dispute between its members at Hewlett Packard and their employer. This has culminated in the betrayal of one of their own reps, John Pearson, after he was unjustly sacked by the company.
The grit beneath the glitter: tales from the real Las Vegas - Hal K. Rothman and Mike Davis
Series of articles and perspectives on how Sin City became one of the most unionised cities in the USA today, and those that have made up the membership.
Office worker's survival guide
Submitted by Steven. on Feb 20 2012 00:19
The modern office is fraught with dangers. From the risk of getting fired, to stress, repetitive strain injury (RSI), mindnumbing boredom and more. This helpful guide from libcom.org will help you navigate these hazards to a happy work life, and perhaps a slightly better world...
Up The Yangtze
Submitted by bulmer on Jan 30 2012 05:41
A documentary about the effects the building of the Three Gorges Dam across the Yangtze river in China has had on the people who lived in the surrounding areas. It a gives a good insight into the transition that China has been making over the last couple of decades to a neo-liberal capitalist state.
Solidarity against sexism on the shop floor
IWW member Angel Gardner goes over some ways of fighting sexism in the workplace through direct action.
Don’t you f*****g threaten me Francis Maude
Submitted by working class s... on Nov 20 2011 18:00
I am getting a bit sick of Francis Maude continually making not so 'thinly veiled' threats against the working class.
SORWUC [the Service, Office and Retail Workers' Union of Canada] - Frances Rooney
A 1978 article on SORWUC, a union formed with the intent to organize in industries traditionally female and avoid the top-down structure of the already existing unions.
