By Chris Townsend Today’s revival of union “salting” could not be more welcome or more urgently needed. A tactic as old as the labour movement itself, salting describes going to […]...
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Class struggle unionism, worker-led organizing and the Starbucks drives
By John McCharles Dozens of labour activists from across Canada joined People’s Voice on March 24 for its “Organizing Starbucks” panel. At the event, retired United Electrical, Radio and Machine […]...
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Worker-led campaigns, not backroom deals with the boss, needed to build labour movement
Gig workers: A tale of two organizing strategies PV Labour Bureau The January 27 announcement that the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) had struck a country-wide agreement with Uber […]...
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Organizing is a necessity, not an option
A political history of the Hamilton Unemployed Union By Sam Hammond and Terry Fraser In the summer of 1981, Canada’s economy was in a recession which by mid-1982 had deepened […]...
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