Following the submission of an application for union certification for a Starbucks in Quebec, we invite you to a solidarity picket for workers Starbucks, which will take place on Tuesday 14 July, 19:00, before Starbucks 1709 rue St. Denis, coin Ontario. In Quebec, a press conference will be held on Tuesday […]
When driving along the major US cities, we cross countless neon signs to the glory of restaurant chains and supermarkets. Throughout coast, McDonald's succeed Starbucks, successor to Burger King, which give way to Taco Bell, and even, and even, ad nauseam. As […]
By Azar Majedi Iran is the first international news. What has led to mass protests ? How the situation has changed so dramatically in a week ? What people want ? What the protests will become ? These questions are repeated so […]
48 days have passed since the attack on the demonstration on 1 May in Laleh park and arrest of workers who participated. Significant events occurred between time, which have caused immense social movements and impressive nationwide.
A small video of the campaign Stop Starbucks Sorry, This is in English only. [youtube = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v = L58EKo9XYiE&hl = en&fs=1&rel=0&showinfo=0]
"The worker class and the ruling class have nothing in common. "Thus begins the Preamble to the Industrial Union of Workers (ITS - IWW). For proof of this, we must not look away. Here in Sherbrooke, local rotisserie is locked out since last year. And this, without "any explanation for […]
Friday 12 June, la campagne pour les travailleurs de l’Amour et les travailleurs du textile des autres usines organise un rassemblement à Québec afin de promouvoir les droits de travailleurs de textile sans emploi. Ces travailleurs continuent à faire face à des difficultés qui s’intensifient en raison de la crise économique, particulièrement dans la […]
In recent years, the garment industry in Montreal is undergoing substantial changes. From the perspective of neoliberal globalization, Companies borrow more and more the way of relocation : factories are closed here and the machines shipped in the South, where labor, underpaid, costs less. The dismissed workers, […]
When Bank of America held a conference call to organize the protest of the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill deemed favorable to unions, one of the present executives launched the formula: "Starbucks problem". his concern ? Workers could follow the example of Starbucks baristas and form […]
In the last twenty years we have seen widespread precarious working conditions, flexible schedules and broken jobs, on call and on terms less interesting. This transformation of work and employment corresponds to a desire of employers to kneel workers and […]