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 […]
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
Overburdened by the COVID-19 crisis, call center workers take action (UPDATED)
A call center worker describes a sick-out during the coronavirus crisis that resulted in some significant wins
“We have been silent for so many years”: Interview with a Hong Kong nurse on strike
KW Wu interviews a nurse who participated in last week’s health care workers strike in Hong Kong
Hong Kong hospital workers strike
KW Wu and Violet Bell report on a hospital staff strike amidst a growing union movement in Hong Kong