Dave Powell argues that disruptive direct action tactics are more important than public support
With grievance processes suspended, health care workers turn to direct action
An anonymous source describes the direct action nursing home workers are taking in Ontario, now that grievance processes have effectively been suspended during the public health emergency.
Restaurant staff fight for coworkers left out of pandemic relief
Marianne Garneau interviews a restaurant worker organizing support for migrant coworkers who cannot access government assistance in the wake of pandemic-related layoffs
Wobcast #4: Crises, elections, and working class power
In the fourth episode of the Organizing Work podcast, Nick Driedger and Marianne Garneau talk about the coronavirus crisis, the defeat of Bernie Sanders, and what both mean for the labor movement and for the […]
The intensive organizing behind one of history’s most famous “spontaneous” strikes
G DeJunz explains that while the 1912 Bread and Roses strike is often described as spontaneous, it was in fact made possible by more than a decade of organizing and strike action
How the pandemic kicked off a strike wave in Italy
Morgan M looks at the strike wave in Italy in the wake of government and industry response to the coronavirus pandemic, interviewing a firefighter who is a militant in a local “rank-and-file” union
The myth of the “present moment”
Marianne Garneau argues that organizing isn’t any easier in “ripe” historical conditions
Pandemic as pretext: Housing Works steps up its anti-union campaign
Marianne Garneau looks at the nonprofit’s use of the coronavirus crisis to defeat an organizing campaign
Grocery workers win hazard pay
Marianne Garneau describes a successful direct action campaign in the context of the coronavirus pandemic