AP Geller talks about a solidarity union campaign they helped organize at a telecoms subcontractor, from 2014-2016. TTX, when it still existed, was a commercial telecommunications services subcontractor based in Frederick, MD, servicing the Baltimore/DC metro […]
“Just go and shut it down”: A postal carrier on the struggle at Canada Post
An interview with a postal carrier in Canada. Their union, CUPW, is currently negotiating a new contract with Canada Post. After 37 days of rotating strikes and occupations, workers were legislated back to work this […]
Happening now: cross picket at Canada Post processing plant in Vancouver
[Update: continuing coverage here] Postal workers were legislated back to work yesterday, bringing an end to 37 days of rotating strikes and occupations. It is now illegal for workers to strike. They face fines ranging […]
Canada Post: Strikes and occupations end as workers legislated back to work
The last 37 days have seen a wave of strikes and occupations at postal facilities across Canada, as the Canadian Union of Postal Workers looks to negotiate a new contract with Canada Post. The biggest […]
Movie Review: Final Offer (1985)
Organizing Work will be publishing reviews of films, old and new, about unions and organizing. Written by workers and organizers, these will differ from standard movie reviews: they will draw out the lessons about organizing, […]
Attacking Migrants Does Not Help Labor: A reply to Nagle
Nate H and Marianne Garneau respond to Angela Nagle’s “The Left Case Against Open Borders.”
You Can’t Organize From The Outside: Stella’s
Patrick McGuire recounts a short-lived IWW campaign at a restaurant in Winnipeg in 2002, which has recently hit the headlines again as former staff blow the whistle on ongoing harassment. Interview by Marianne Garneau. Tell […]
The IWW Campaign at Good Earth Food Co-op
John D talks about the six years he has spent working and organizing at a grocery coop in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. I landed a job at the Good Earth Food Co-op in August 2012. I […]
Solidarity Network Recovers Stolen Wages
This post comes from the Hamilton, Ontario branch of the IWW. It describes a successful direct action campaign to recover a worker’s stolen wages, using the “solidarity network” model. A solidarity network is a group […]