KW Wu and Violet Bell report on a hospital staff strike amidst a growing union movement in Hong Kong
Pension fights are a fundamental frontier of class struggle
Marianne Garneau looks at what is at stake in fights over pensions, using two current examples: refinery workers at the Co-op Refinery Complex and teachers in Alberta
Making Asses of Ourselves
Jean-Carl Elliott reflects on the electoral approach to worker power, using the Fight for $15 and One Fair Wage campaigns as examples
A cheatsheet for comparing organizing models
Marianne Garneau compares different organizing models (unions, worker centers, advocacy campaigns, etc.) across a number of metrics
They killed themselves with greed: How a strike stopped privatization in DC’s Metro
Ray Valentine describes how a scheme to privatize transit in the DC area backfired when workers at the private company went on strike
Review of America’s Social Arsonist: Fred Ross and Grassroots Organizing in the Twentieth Century
Eric Dirnbach reviews a biography of one of the US’s most influential organizers of the 20th century
Workers at a cooperative refinery walk the picket line
Workers at the Co-operative Refinery Complex in Regina, Saskatchewan have been locked out for two weeks, after serving the employer with job action notice. Marianne Garneau interviews Kevin Bittman, refinery worker and president of the union local
Neutrality agreements: A political primer
Marianne Garneau looks at the evolution and significance of “neutrality agreements” between unions and employers, which establish the ground rules for an organizing campaign, independent of the NLRB and its processes
How can workers defy anti-strike legislation?
A postal worker in Canada describes how they are building capacity to defy back-to-work legislation, by “taking back the workfloor”