Entries by SITT IWW

Union under the radar

Visible successes When talking about unions, whether the IWW or elsewhere, it is generally thought to large visible banners. With us, names that strike most as success stories are probably the Starbucks Workers Union that put the IWW on the map in the early 2000 or […]

The quality at Ericsson?

Coupes dans le contrôle de qualité Tout au long de mon parcours au sein du département des Services accès de Red Bee Media / Ericsson, I developed a certain eagerness to produce high quality subtitles for all audiences, whatever the program content or the channel broadcasting the. The […]

Quality in the house of Ericsson?

Cutbacks in quality control In my time as a subtitler with Red Bee Media / Ericsson’s Access Services department, I have come to develop an eagerness to produce high-quality captions for all audiences, regardless of the content or the network it broadcasts on. The same is true for my colleagues. One might expect that this […]

The absurdity of the world: Borders

Les frontières et leurs histoires Aujourd’hui je vous parle des frontières et je pars déjà en étant en beau maudit suite à la déportation du camarade Éléazar du Canada, hein, the beautiful people of the country plusses. More, he lived in the wonderful city "sanctuary" of Denis Coderre, faudrait peut-être le dire à ses chiens […]

Montreal-Based Subtitlers Serving Canada’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community Form Union

Today March 15, 2018 another community of skilled workers in Montreal have chosen to join the Industrial Workers of the World in the fight against exploitation.   Subtitlers working for the telecommunications giant Ericsson, who produce subtitles (captions) for broadcast television in Canada and the United Kingdom, have seen the quality of their work degrade […]

Captionists and sub-Labeling Machines montréalais.e.s serving the deaf and hard of hearing community in Canada form a union

Today, the 15 mars 2018, a new community of qualifié.e.s Workers of Montreal chose to join the Industrial Union of Workers and Workers in their struggle against exploitation.   Captionists and sub-office printers working for the telecommunications giant Ericsson, producing subtitles for TV broadcasting in Canada […]

ASSÉ and syndicalism

Il y a environ deux semaines, j’étais au congrès hivernal de l’ASSÉ pour la fin de semaine du 24 and 25 February. J’étais bien content d’y croiser d’autres Wobblies, dans les délégations comme à la table du présidium, et c’est ce qui m’a poussé à écrire ce texte pour vous aujourd’hui. Ma réflexion tourne autour […]