Snake March - Phinneas Gage
Submitted by Recomposition on Jan 30 2015 03:52
Concluding Phinneas Gage’s three-part series on struggles at the Canada Post during 2011, we present ‘Snake march’. In this final installment, he describes the moral as the lockout drags on. Parliamentary filibusters and symbolic occupations fail to turn the tide on contract negotiations. The postal workers return to work, determined to not let management bulldoze them in the shopfloor.
Buffalo Jump - Phinneas Gage
Submitted by Recomposition on Jan 30 2015 03:39
The second in a three part series about a strike at Canada Post. Phinneas Gage describes how the strike rolled on as the workers faced a common challenge of workplace battles. The government, employers, and national union began making moves to diffuse the situation and try to control the actions of the workers.
Turning up the Heat - Phinneas Gage
Submitted by Recomposition on Jan 30 2015 03:21
The first of a three part series that detail a set of organizing actions by postal workers in Canada during 2011. It is written by fellow Recomposition editor Phinneas Gage who expounds on the actions that led up to the CUPW strike, the predicaments that workers faced challenging management, and the indelible memory of seeing management flee an angry mob of strikers.
Government union busting and the PCS response
Submitted by Phil on Jan 22 2015 23:06
The PCS union is facing concerted union busting activity from the government. However, despite its rhetoric it has fallen into a retreat that helps nobody
On Bluffing - Phinneas Gage
Submitted by Recomposition on Dec 4 2014 02:58
An article by Phinneas Gage, in which he analyzes three instances in different organizing scenarios where bluffing, whether premeditated or spontaneous, helped leverage reactions that would not have otherwise happened.
Preventable mistakes - Juan Conatz
An account by Juan Conatz of a failed attempt to respond to a firing at work.
Discussion: anarchist shop experiences - Mike Harris
An article discussing the personal experiences of anarchist organising on-the-job in the New York area in the early 1980s.
Some editions of Communication Worker - 1987-88
Here are seven editions of the bulletin produced by the rank-and-file postal workers' group Communication Workers Group.
Behind the screens: an interview with two Curzon cinema workers
Submitted by Steven. on May 24 2014 16:04
An interesting interview with two workers in the Curzon Cinema group who have been involved in a recent campaign for unionisation and the living wage.
Strike: a live history, 1887-1971 - Robert Leeson
Submitted by Anonymous on May 19 2014 10:35
A great set of short, first person accounts of strike action and industrial disputes from a broad range of workers from the late 19th to late 20th century is, compiled by Robert Leeson.
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