On Tuesday, October 15, 2024, the Canadian government placed the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network on Canada’s terrorist entities list for advocating for Palestinian rights in the occupied territories and Israeli prisons. Placing Samidoun on the terrorist entities list undermines freedom of association, freedom of expression and due process in the courts. “The list reinforces… Continue reading Canroc condemns addition of Samidoun to Canada’s list of Terrorist Entities
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IWW Stands With Palestinian Workers and Civilians
The North American Regional Administration of the Industrial Workers of the World unequivocally reaffirms our solidarity with the workers and civilians of Palestine and their resistance to the Israeli Apartheid Regime and in the deepest terms condemn the ongoing genocidal actions of the US and Israeli governments in their assault of the dispossessed people and… Continue reading IWW Stands With Palestinian Workers and Civilians
Canadian Regional Organizing Committee
Welcome to the website of the Canadian Regional Organizing Committee (CanROC) of the SITT-IWW. We represent the fellow workers from branches across Canada, including Calgary, Hamilton, K’jipuktuk (Halifax), Ottawa-Outaouais, Windsor and Winnipeg, and many members across the country who are working to build local branches. This website is meant to provide a basic introduction to… Continue reading Canadian Regional Organizing Committee
Statement in Solidarity with Black, Indigenous and People of Colour Against Systemic Racism
The members of the Industrial Workers of the World — Canadian Regional Organizing Committee express our solidarity with protestors and organizers, here on Turtle Island and across the world, struggling against police brutality and systemic anti-Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) racism. We fully support the abolitionist demands to defund the police, commend BIPOC… Continue reading Statement in Solidarity with Black, Indigenous and People of Colour Against Systemic Racism
Solidarity with Wet‘suwet‘en Land Defenders
Members of the Industrial Workers of the World across Turtle Island, within and outside of so-called Canada extend our admiration and solidarity to the Wet’suwet’en land defenders struggling for the protection of their traditional territories and for the recognition of their land rights and sovereignty. After a decade of peaceful resistance to the construction of… Continue reading Solidarity with Wet‘suwet‘en Land Defenders
Hamilton Solidarity Fundraiser
Collecte de fonds de solidarité pour Hamilton Donate to the Legal Defense Fundraiser! On February 24th 2020 a group of people responded to the displacement, violence and arrests towards Indigenous land defenders by shutting down the Bayview rail Junction in Hamilton, ON. The Bayview Junction is a narrow bottleneck in the north-west end of Hamilton… Continue reading Hamilton Solidarity Fundraiser
Statements of Solidarity for the Strikes in Mexico
Statement in Solidarity with the 20/32 Movement of Matamoros On January 25th, workers in the maquiladora plants in Matamoros, Mexico began a strike to demand a wage increase of 20% and an annual bonus of 32,000 pesos. Since then, the movement has spread to various industries: self-service shops, mining, Coca Cola factories, metal factories, and… Continue reading Statements of Solidarity for the Strikes in Mexico
Street Labour Organizers Get National Media Attention
Fellow Workers organizing with the Street Labourers of Windsor (SLOW) gained national media attention – positive and negative – this last August for its stand against iron spikes on Windsor planters. Panhandlers of SLOW said the initiative, led by the Downtown Windsor Business Improvement Association, targeted panhandlers and interfered with their ability to make a… Continue reading Street Labour Organizers Get National Media Attention
Windsor Wobbies Build Street Solidarity
For the last year-and-a-half, the IWW in Windsor has been working on a campaign to organize panhandlers and buskers in the downtown core of this border city. The campaign started out as the Windsor Street Solidarity Committee and in late 2014 has expanded to form the Windsor Panhandlers and Buskers Union. In late November 2014… Continue reading Windsor Wobbies Build Street Solidarity
Toronto’s Harm Reduction Workers Unite!
TORONTO, ON – Harm reduction workers from across the city announced today that they have formed the Toronto Harm Reduction Workers Union (THRWU), an affiliate of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Workers from South Riverdale Community Health Centre and Central Toronto Community Health Centres are the first to announce their affiliations with the… Continue reading Toronto’s Harm Reduction Workers Unite!