A postal worker in Canada describes how they are building capacity to defy back-to-work legislation, by “taking back the workfloor”
Writing the manual on gig worker organizing
The CUPW campaign at Foodora in Toronto is combining conventional and unconventional strategies to reach each and every gig worker where there is no fixed workplace
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.
Socialist Leaders Won’t Save Unions
Marianne Garneau interviews Nick Driedger about the “rank-and-file strategy.”
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 […]
Wob Bulletin #1
The following is a bulletin put together by a couple of branches of the IWW in Canada. While the outside support mustered for Canada Post workers has been both inspiring and effective, these IWW members’ position […]
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 […]