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La pratique de la «reconnaissance involontaire»

(Ce texte est une traduction de «practice involuntary recognition» par Marianne Garneau) : https://organizing.work/2022/10/practice-involuntary-recognition/ Il y a quelques mois, j’étais dans une réunion avec un travailleur que je mentorais en tant qu’organisatrice. Il s’agissait d’une personne qui venait de la campagne de Stardust à New York dans laquelle les travailleurs et travailleuses avaient refusé une […]

Discomfort at holiday parties – Quelques trucs wobblies pour vous aider à gérer la situation

Par Anarkitty La saison des partys des fêtes approche à grands pas. C’est bien connu, il s’agit pour la plupart des gauchistes d’une période parsemée de moments bien agréables, mais aussi de nombreuses situations qui nous feront grincer des dents et auxquelles il n’est pas toujours facile de savoir comment réagir. Est-ce qu’on doit dénoncer […]

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The inverted pyramid

An organizer and a worker describe a direct action campaign that reaped great victories and then collapsed for lack of a solid foundation. Anyone who has already taken the organizational training 101 You ITS-IWW (OT101) will be familiar with the organization pyramid shared below. Si vous ne l’avez jamais vu ou avez besoin de vous […]

The employee activist's complaint

The employee activist's complaint:  how to fight capitalism with capitalism For a few years, we are living through a crisis of activism. Many organizations struggle to recruit and engage new members. We only have to look at our own membership rate, that fluctuates with the seasons, and the difficulties encountered when […]

How to Resist Special Back-to-Work Laws

Postal workers in Canada staged rotating strikes in early winter 2018 when, following a special law of the Federal Government, they were forced to return to work. Since that time, the negotiations were subject to arbitration, which led to two extensions. Postal workers also had […]

Why require a minimum wage of $22/h?

We will be told that we exaggerate : what to ask for a minimum wage of 22$ time is unrealistic, utopian or that it just doesn't make sense. Some unions have recently demanded a minimum wage at 18$ /h. This proposition, based on IRIS studies, is not interesting. As one of my […]