Category: Labour
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Into the Light of Hope: Iranian Workers Strike
It is now just over a month since Iranian oil contract workers began their strike. This action, called by the Council for Organizing Protests by Oil Contract Workers (COPOCW), is … Keep reading »
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The Organizing Challenge and American Capitalism
The state of the American labour movement has, since the mid-1970s, been dispiriting. There have, of course, been moments of creative and inspiring resistance, but the predominant story has been … Keep reading »
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A ‘Fatiguing Climb’: Capitalist Competition and Working-Class Formation
The working-class in capitalism is not a coherent class but a fragmented one – an amalgam of individuals trying to survive. It’ll take politics to change that. Keep reading »
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Iranian Workers Unite in Huge Protest
A strike that started amongst one section of oil workers in southern Iran has spread to all oil exploration, refinery, and petrochemical plants in the country and is gaining widespread … Keep reading »
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Far From Over – Class Struggle and Union Organizing at Amazon
A presentation and roundtable discussion on class struggle and union organizing at Amazon warehouses with Alessandro Delfanti, Amazonians United workers and organizers Ira and Fathia, Paul Gray, Jessica Ireland, and Tanner Mirrlees. Watch video »
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How Many Strikes Are There in the USA?
The number of strikes in the United States is a question with obvious importance to labor activists, yet there is no readily accessible answer. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) … Keep reading »
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There Is No Labour Shortage, Only Labour Exploitation
Conservatives and corporate employers are weaving an insidious web of myths, lies and exaggerations to justify maintaining low-wage jobs. Keep reading »
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Socialist Strategy and Cooperatives /w Sam Gindin
Sam Gindin shares his critique of cooperatives and his ideas about the broader challenges of building socialism. Sam Gindin served as research director of the Canadian region of the United … Watch video »
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SR 2021: Digital Taylorism with Cole/Radice/Umney
The Political Economy of Datafication and Work: A New Digital Taylorism? with Matthew Cole, Hugo Radice and Charles Umney. Watch video »
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This May Day Even the Designation ‘Workers’ is Under Threat
Whenever it seems that corporations have gone as far as they can in expressing their disdain for workers and any degree of worker autonomy, they manage to come up with … Keep reading »
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Delivery Workers Rising Up Against Exploitation
Even before the crisis of the pandemic, food delivery companies have seen their profits skyrocket while their so-called ‘self-employed’ workers suffer rights violations and were banned from unionizing. Keep reading »
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Class Politics at Work: Ernie Tate at CUPE Local One
Although best known as a leader in the anti-war movement and the anti-capitalist left, Ernie Tate was also a union leader. In this article, nine retired Toronto Hydro workers share … Keep reading »