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
Author: Peter Moore
Toronto IWW: Working for Each Other, Working for Ourselves Summit
Toronto IWW is happy to announce Working for Each Other, Working for Ourselves: A Revolutionary Public Service Worker-Organizer Summit, to be held October 3rd and 4th 2015 in Toronto, Ontario. Working for Each Other will draw together grassroots workplace organizers from around North America. A major component of today’s economy, the public services are often hit first… Continue reading Toronto IWW: Working for Each Other, Working for Ourselves Summit
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!
CANROC Statement on Education Workers’ Struggle in Ontario
Fellow Education Workers, The Industrial Workers of the World Canadian Regional Organizing Committee urges Ontario rank-and-file teachers union members to keep struggling for justice and respect on the job. The rank-and-file of Ontario’s teachers’ unions have borne the brunt of this struggle with Ontario’s Liberal government for a fair and equitable contract, negotiated freely and… Continue reading CANROC Statement on Education Workers’ Struggle in Ontario
Labour Martyrs – CKUT 90.3 FM Interviews Larry Gambone
On September 20, 2012, CKUT 90.3 FM Off the Hour’s Labour News interviewed Fellow Worker Larry Gambone about his pamphlet, They Died For You. He speaks about what happened with the Ginger Goodwin assassination as well as how his branch members are standing in solidarity with the Quebec student strikers. The interview starts at 2:56.… Continue reading Labour Martyrs – CKUT 90.3 FM Interviews Larry Gambone
Windsor Wobblies Form Canada’s Newest IWW Branch
IWW members banded together and formed a General Membership Branch in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The Canadian Regional Organizing Committee issued a charter to the branch on May 6, 2012. Windsor members have also formed a Windsor Button Cooperative, which received its IWW shop card in November 2011. This new workers cooperative produces buttons for the… Continue reading Windsor Wobblies Form Canada’s Newest IWW Branch
Industrial Workers of the World Declare Solidarity with the Quebec Student Strike!
Members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) across Canada stand in solidarity with students and workers across Québec who are taking a courageous stand against rising tuition fees and the government-backed capitalist attack on the working class in the age of austerity. By refusing to go to school and by taking to the… Continue reading Industrial Workers of the World Declare Solidarity with the Quebec Student Strike!
IWW CANROC Supports Air Canada Workers’ Direct Action
The Industrial Workers of the World Canadian Regional Organizing Committee extends its congratulations and support for the workers who are taking direct action and engaging in spontaneous work stoppages at Air Canada. Air Canada has shown it does not respect its contract with its workers nor is it meeting its obligations to negotiate contracts in… Continue reading IWW CANROC Supports Air Canada Workers’ Direct Action
Public Statement on Kingston IWW Misinformation
Canadian Regional Organizing Committee (CanROC) Public Statement on Kingston IWW Misinformation Fellow Workers and Members of the Public, This is a public statement to correct misinformation about the IWW in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. There is no chartered Industrial Union, General Membership Branch or workplaces with an IWW shop card in Kingston. The Kingston Compassion Club… Continue reading Public Statement on Kingston IWW Misinformation