A postal worker in Canada describes how they are building capacity to defy back-to-work legislation, by “taking back the workfloor”
Rural mail carriers confront management about overwork and underpayment
Elle Hawes describes the conditions faced by rural mail carriers in Canada, and how workers are taking back the workfloor to demand an end to unfair treatment.
Leadership is not going to help us: Film review of Memory and Muscle (1995)
On the surface, this is a review of a classic documentary about a massive, illegal 1965 strike by Canadian postal workers – written by a postal worker, who was himself involved in the rotating strikes […]
Holding the line: supporters picket Canada Post after back-to-work legislation
Union members and community supporters across Canada have been organizing militant and effective pickets at Canada Post facilities ever since legislation came down on Monday making strikes by Canada Post workers themselves illegal. Vancouver, Hamilton, […]
“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 […]
On Dual-Carding (Or how revolutionaries should approach mainstream unions)
The IWW is distinct from most unions — we don’t collect dues through the employer, and we rely on “shop committees” of workers taking direct action in the workplace instead of contracts serviced by a […]
The Momentum-Killing Strike
This will be the first in our series “Reconsidering the strike.” Strikes are probably the most idolized of all the tactics workers use in their struggles, and the one people most equate with worker power. […]