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
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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
CANROC Statement on Back-to-Work Legislation
June 27, 2011 The use of back-to-work legislation by the Canadian federal government is an abuse of power, a violation of labour rights and unconstitutional. The Canadian Regional Organizing Committee of the Industrial Workers of the World denounces the government’s recent use of back-to-work legislation in the cases of Air Canada and Canada Post workers.… Continue reading CANROC Statement on Back-to-Work Legislation
WHY THE GENERAL STRIKE WEAPON
Western Labor News May 28, 1919 The workers have never liked to down tools. It means hard times for them. Many never have enough to live on. The strike takes away all their living. For this reason the strike only when they are driven to desperation. Why then, it will be asked, do unions that… Continue reading WHY THE GENERAL STRIKE WEAPON
WINNIPEG IS FIGHTING THE ONE BIG UNION
The Gazette, Montreal May 17, 1919 The strike that is in progress in Winnipeg presents features, which merit serious consideration. The trouble, which was confined previously to the metal and building trades, has become general. From fifteen to twenty-five thousand employees have left their work, and all branches of commercial and industrial activities of the… Continue reading WINNIPEG IS FIGHTING THE ONE BIG UNION
Class War Unionism Comes To Canada
General Assembly 1999 in Winnipeg By Eugene Plawiuk Winnipeg, Manitoba–This was the first General Assembly of ‘Wobblies’ ever held outside of the Continental United States. And it was held on the 80th Anniversary of the 1919 General Strikes, in the city which had been the flash point for the General Strikes of May-June of that… Continue reading Class War Unionism Comes To Canada
Unions — a reality check
by Mark LeierLabour Day Editorial, National PostSeptember 6, 1999 It was a bad year for strikes. Thousands of workers took part in illegal strikes, and governments across the country threatened them with fines and jail sentences. Business complained bitterly about the impact on competition and profits, and leading newspapers across the country agreed. Their editorials… Continue reading Unions — a reality check