organization of training 101.

data on 2 days and French, organizational training 101 (OT-101) allows to know and practice the basics of the practice of union organization. It aims to provide the tools to organizers who can use them in their workplaces, to conduct trade union struggles in the tradition of solidarity unionism based on direct action.

Training takes place on 2 days, from 9h to 17h, either Saturday 4 March and Sunday 5 mars. Lunch and dinner are provided during training. A "social" is organized on Saturday evening.

Training is available to all workers. However, in case of excessive requests, Members people will be prioritized. A voluntary contribution of approximately 20$ is suggested.

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It's the 6 February 2015 has adopted the Amend the organization and governance of the health and social services such as the abolition of regional agencies, also called the Law 10, that would lead to major changes in the structure of the health sector and social services in Quebec. At that time, significant mobilization, made up of trade unions, citizens and even professional, challenged this drastic reform whose effects involve a major upheaval in the organizational structure of the sector.

This law, like so many others, was obviously adopted without any prior consultation with stakeholders. Its main effect is to abolish numerous administrative steps and merge a significant amount of previously autonomous institutions. Before, in the health network, there was 182 institutions. With the Law 10, we spend only 34, either in integrated health centers and social service centers and integrated university health and social services. This reorganization is clearly presented by the Quebec government as a measure "to optimize the resources allocated to the health system" by abolishing the regional health and social services. In the facts, we can especially see another manifestation of fiscal austerity as it will have served as an excuse for cuts of several hundred million dollars in the budget of the Ministry of Health.

But another effect, more obscure, the adoption of this law is the upheaval in the union cutting sector. According to the CSN, it would be "the most important period of union allegiance vote in health and social services ever known in Quebec"¹. Concretely, it must be understood that with a monopoly of union representation, the entire health and social services is husked various bargaining units. For each of these units, a union association (usually affiliated to a trade union center) has the exclusive right to represent all the workers who compose (union certification). The current reform, by carrying out the melting of establishments, has the effect of reducing 800 at 100 the union certifications in the health sector. It goes without saying that this is then a focal point for unions because there will be a redefinition of "market share" to divide them. For institutions merged into whom were affiliated trade unions to more than one trade union center (CSN, APTS, FIQ, CSQ, SCFP, FTQ et CSD), a vote, supervised by the Administrative Labor Court, must take place to determine the affiliation of the new merged entity.

These are many of the votes that take place 30 January 24 February 2017, also called poaching of health care and social services.

1) poaching : a plot of the state and the bosses against union action?

poaching, either these periods when it is possible to change union certification, is a process that derives directly from the model of collective labor relations imposed by the Quebec government (inspired himself from the Wagner act American). Indeed, from the moment when a union has the monopoly of representation of all workers and all workers in a given workplace, it is logical to provide some mechanisms to enable them to change their organization as their collective will. It may be a necessary evil, if we think, for example some unions controlled by the company's bosses. However, we also see the deleterious effects.

Thus the Labor code provides for certain specific periods during which it is possible for a union to challenge rival union certification by getting a majority of members. The determination of the times when this is allowed is obviously of great complexity, leaving little room at the initiative of workers, usually dependent es expertise centrally rival, not to mention the appalling number of rules that also govern the conduct of the raid. As is the case in so many other aspects of the legalistic syndicalism, we can see in this technicization union action a phenomenon more harmful to internal democracy, autonomy and vitality of the local union.

In the raid is the manifestation of another distressing practice : inter-union competition. In this context, possibly we are seeing the most hideous expression of corporatist drift Quebec unions, not least because we can easily draw a parallel with the private sector where various competing companies compete for the same market. Rather than putting energy and resources in the service of defending the interests of members (and ultimately emancipation?), the focus is on the distribution of advertising campaigns, holding kiosks in workplaces, production of promotional material, etc. These periods are exceedingly well against-productive in the fight against the employers who plays in these circumstances, a role of mere spectator. Furthermore, in this context toxic, it is quite common that a union continue in the courts competitors. Once again, we are extremely far from the legitimate function of such an organization; is first solidarity among employees es who takes everything at once!

2) Criticism of the current situation : commodification of labor services?

The raiding of the health sector is the perfect illustration of the harmfulness of such a process. Already, as mentioned, one can assume that the money invested is the accumulation of several million. However, beyond simple budgetary concern, the speeches and arguments required by central to convince employees es to vote for their organization are of greatest concern.

To begin, quantitative and financial obsession is quite symptomatic of the hegemony of neoliberal ideology that has managed to contaminate unions. For most plants, it seems the best argument to "sell" their service is in the low cost of union dues. for example, CSQ has not hindered during the holidays to declare that a vote for this central "it's more money for Christmas next year! » (sic). On the side of CUPE, it provides potential members a virtual calculator to determine, depending on the position, category and region of residence, with which organization will in the most for his money. Sure, in light of the results, we see that it is more often than the union would be most advantageous. Short, all this gives the impression of vendors who claim to have "the lowest prices in town. »

Also, it is highly suggestive to note the predominance of theme group insurance in the arguments of all the contenders organizations. Each tries to demonstrate the superiority of the product they offer in comparison with its competitors. Comparative tables are well distributed in order to prove that one is better than the other. Of course, these are not the plants themselves that these insurance-plan autogèrent; their function is rather down to being brokers of their members to negotiate with insurance companies (usually private).

Special mention must be made to the CSN, which seems much less prompt its rivals to focus on the pecuniary benefits of a favorable vote. Effectively, his speech generally carries about its capacity for mobilization and political action. Once this is said, it does not mean that the Confederation is less obsessed with numbers : it seems that his communications specialists have decided that the "strength in numbers" should be the main argument in its favor, since the superiority of the union result from the preponderance of members in comparison with rivals.

All these examples help to establish a constant : the union is no longer presented as an organization by and for members. Rather than seeing the opportunity to unite to force, it seems to be in a paradigm where the union is only a common service provider must offer the cheapest product and the cheapest on the market. Short, one can question whether it would not be the manifestation of a commodification of union action.

That's not counting the corporatist drift that is included in the speech organization numbers. This institutional chauvinism, besides being strongly against-productive if we keep in mind the ultimate objective of the struggle against the employers, is all the more harmful it acts as a pitiful demobilization for the entire labor movement. So, several central and accuse each other of lying to the public or to falsify statistics to promote themselves. Just think of the CSN who accused the FIQ to "conduct a disinformation campaign" and of betraying its members during the last negotiations.

At the corporatism and the separation, emphasize the campaign FIQ which reached the union cynical shallows. His first advertising campaign emphasizes the uniformity of the composition of the membership of the organization which wants an inter-federation. So, with the FIQ, not about to rub vulgar attendants es beneficiaries, Workers kitchens, housekeeping, etc., car, "Unlike other unions, the FIQ, we are 100% Professional Care. "This speech is all the more deplorable that he has not only exacerbated the competition between organizations, but to foster contempt between employees who are called es-es to dissociate themselves by their profession, rather than a united front against the employer.

3) Another vision of unionism

There are certainly many differences between the various trade union organizations currently active in this raid, including issues related to political action, positioning in public debates, the cost of benefits, etc. However, we must also recognize a certain homogeneity as to the means used to play their role of defending workers. Effectively, all these organizations perform the same task in the final : or to negotiate "in good faith" of the collective agreements they co-administer, with employers, for the period during which they are in force. They bring arbitration grievances of their members, will sit on labor relations committees or occupational safety and health, BBQ and will hold, sometimes, participate in events.

However, be aware that another unionism is possible. We can advocate another way to do by and for employees es. Rather than seeing the union as an outside entitée that we do not control, it could be a constellation of workers who join together to conduct a collective struggle against our operators. So, our energies will be focused on the struggle against the employers, to empower us for good of wage exploitation.

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Members of various student associations, everywhere throughout the province, relatively regular-e-s to be reminded that we must constantly strive to improve their living conditions and study. On the other hand, the student movement, although often attached with such claims, has only very rarely engaged in concrete struggles for better working conditions.

This year, ASSE, with its campaign "Tan-e-s to be poor", launches an assault of making precarious students and takes a position a minimum wage 15$ /h. While we must applaud this stance, it is important to note that this claim is far from implementation within student associations.

From the outset, we stress that we support the campaign "15-5-7" of the IWW Montreal to tackle insecurity at work front. 15$ /h, to be at the poverty line and not below. 5 weeks of paid vacation per year upon hiring, to find a little time for us and generally reduce the time spent at work. 7 paid sick days per year, upon hiring, because being sick, this is not a choice. This is only a minimum wholesale in the fight to stem job insecurity. This should also be the minimum wholesale to offer when one wants to hire someone.

base, we can raise the fact that several e-s-employee hotlines student association or union education often have the 15$ of the acquired time, but not necessarily the rest. The table is really less beautiful if you look at the employee-s side cafe students (often at minimum wage) and in student unions as Coopsco. How credible is a student association that requires a measurement while not applying it in his own cafe? It is high time to remedy, and quick, if these associations are outright accomplices of the student and precarious workers.

The insecurity is far from stopping at this level in the voluntary sector in education. Indeed, the majority of jobs offered by student associations and student cafes are insecure by definition. Jobs in particular contract, often part-time, atypical jobs or on call, layoffs during the summer; While some of these measures may satisfy some workers and some workers, I must say they are, more often than, a precarious way to the employee-s. If we do not necessarily miracle solution to offer face this kind of situation, it would still be good to ask when there will hire, and not try to reproduce what is done in the current capitalist enterprise.

All these reasons are those that pushed us to organize ourselves as a Union of Workers and Workers Associative Media in Education (Sttm). Indeed, like several student associations, we believe in fighting unionism to assert our claims and we want to organize to improve our living conditions. For us, it's time to fight insecurity even in our present progressive circles. We also adhere to a revolutionary vision of syndicalism that allows, now, organize tomorrow's society in the shell of the old.

Because we also, your employee-s, are tanned-e-s to be poor!

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Friday 20 January and Saturday 21 January, there were many anti-trump demonstrations and anti-capitalist. When the passing by the University of Whashington in Seattle, to counter and prevent a pro-fascist speech trump Milo Yiannopoulos (white supremacist), a member of the IWW (syndicalist confederation) was shot at close range. Ci-dessous la traduction de l’appel de fond pour lui payer les soins et les probables frais de justice.

Le Comité de Rédaction du Monde Libertaire

Dans la soirée du vendredi 20 January, un de nos compagnons a été blessé d’une balle dans l’estomac dans le lieu le plus public du campus de l’Université de Washington à Seattle – un endroit appelé «Place Rouge» pour la couleur de ses briques plutôt que pour sa politique.

Ce fellow workers (c’est ainsi que les membres de l’IWW se désignent entre eux) est un militant anti-fasciste actif de longue date, membre des Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) et du Comité de Défense Générale (GDC) IWW. Il est actuellement dans un état critique à Harborview Hospital à Seattle. Ils ont un centre de traumatisme de niveau 1, donc il est probable qu’il reçoive la meilleure qualité de soins disponibles, ce pour quoi nous sommes profondément reconnaissants.

Comment réagissons-nous ? Nous construisons une présence anti-autoritaire, anti-capitaliste, antiraciste, anti-sexiste et antifasciste élargie à Seattle, et cette personne était à la tête de cet effort. Est-ce que d’autres sont prêts à s’avancer et à le remplacer pendant qu’il guérit ?

Nous n’avons pas beaucoup de temps pour montrer au monde ce qui est clair pour nous : nous subissons une attaque armée. La droite fasciste sait où nous trouver – les manifestations anti-Donald Trump, ou les actions contre la brutalité policière. Dans les Villes Jumelles [Minneapolis et Saint-Paul] vient de commencer le procès d’Allen Scarsella, un des suprématistes blancs qui s’est rendu à la quatrième circonscription à Minneapolis en novembre 2015 et a ouvert le feu, tirant sur de nombreuses personnes.
Nous n’avons pas la confirmation que la personne qui a tiré sur notre compagnon était un contre-manifestant en colère contre ceux qui protestaient contre la détestable misogynie blanche nationaliste de Milo. Nous savons qu’il s’est rendu lui-même à la police plusieurs heures plus tard, en revendiquant la « légitime défense ». C’est bien sûr exactement ce que Scarsella a également fait.

Notre ami aura d’énormes frais d’hôpital et sans aucun doute des frais juridiques aussi. Il subira également une perte importante de revenus. Soutenons-le afin qu’il n’ait pas à s’inquiéter de ce genre de problème. S’il vous plaît donnez. Tout l’argent sera contrôlé directement et rien ne sera attribué à aucune autre cause, à l’exception des frais associés au service de collecte de fonds utilisés.

S’il vous plaît ne vous contentez pas de donner ; dites à vos amis, à vos familles et à vos organisations de donner. Cela peut sembler décourageant, mais voici pourquoi ils devraient le faire :
Il ne s’agit pas seulement d’un individu. Vos amis et vos familles savent que la situation a radicalement changé. Ils savent que les choses changent rapidement, et ils ont beaucoup entendu le mot fascisme depuis que Trump a été élu. Ils peuvent même soupçonner que le rythme effréné des révélations médiatiques et des décisions de l’exécutif vise à les distraire et à les faire se sentir impuissants.

Il s’agit de protéger ceux qui se sont déjà mis en avant pour nous protéger. Ceux qui se sont organisés pour nous et qui se sont engagés avant même Donald Trump ait été élu. Il s’agit de les protéger. Il s’agit d’encourager NOTRE côté à s’organiser pour se protéger, plutôt que de simplement solliciter la protection contre les fascistes et les racistes. Dont certains sont maintenant au pouvoir.

Nous devons leur assurer un soutien généralisé, et nous devons le faire au nom de l’anti-fascisme organisé. Nous devons démontrer que, indépendamment de notre propre analyse politique ou de notre identité – progressiste, libérale, de gauche, radicale, etc. – nous soutenons l’antifascisme et nous soutenons les antifascistes. Nous ne laisserons pas les nôtres en arrière. Nous soutiendrons les efforts antifascistes, surtout parce qu’ils sont plus nécessaires que jamais, et parce que ne pas les soutenir en ce moment crucial serait une catastrophe.

Merci de lire cet appel jusqu’au bout. Il est difficile d’entendre qu’un compagnon a été blessé par balle. Nous n’avons peut-être pas tout exprimé de la manière la plus organisée ou la meilleure, et si tel est le cas, veuillez accepter nos excuses.
Nous espérons que vous envisagerez de faire une contribution et peut-être écrire des lettres ou d’appeler le président de l’Université de Washington en exprimant votre soutien à la victime de la fusillade et aux manifestants, en exprimant vos critiques à l’égard de l’administration de l’Université Washington qui a autorisé un événement dont elle savait qu’il allait encourager la violence contre les groupes minoritaires. Now, ils ont obtenu ce qu’ils auraient dû prévoir. Appelez ou écrivez au procureur du comté et exigez des poursuites agressives. Appelez les conseillers municipaux de Seattle et demandez-leur de publier une déclaration publique de condamnation des attaques violentes contre des manifestants antiracistes et antifascistes, et demandez-leur de soutenir notre compagnon.

Dites la vérité à vos voisins. Changez le récit que les médias vont essayer de vous présenter.

SOURCE : https://www.crowdrise.com/medical-fundraiser-for-iww-and-gdc-member-shot-in-seattle

Traduction par le Monde Libertaire:
http://monde-libertaire.net/?article=Un_militant_des_IWW_blesse_par_balle_dun_coup_de_revolver_a_Seattle