CLASS WAR ON THE WORKFLOOR SPEAKING TOUR
On strike, locked out, and legislated back to work, postal workers have experienced first hand the bosses’ agenda of taking away rights workers fought for decades ago. Because postal workers are not...
View ArticleMon corps, mes règles:
Un argument pour que les survivantes(s) de viol et de violence domestique deviennent des militantes(s) syndicalistesLiberté Locke, une militante au syndicat des travailleurs de Starbuck, écrit dans cet...
View ArticleClass War on the Work Floor - Audio Recording
Between October 22 and October 25, Common Cause organized a speaking tour entitled “Class War On The Workfloor” in four Ontario cities (Hamilton, Toronto, Kitchener & London). The speaker was...
View ArticleCommon Cause London's Statement on the EMC Lockout
Common Cause supports the locked out workers of CAW Local 27 in their struggle for a living wage. The year of 2012 has begun with a blatant attack on the working class. Electromotive Canada (EMC),...
View ArticleStopping the Bulldozers: CAT and the EMC Lockout
Protest signs and work boots hang off a fence at the front gate of the Electro-Motive Diesel plant in London Ont. on Jan. 21 Photo: Mick SweetmanBy Alex BalchThere was little to celebrate this New...
View ArticleSolidarity with prisoners, not OPSEU 248
By Devin KThe Hamilton Wentworth Detention Centre or Barton Jail as it is more commonly known, has been on lock-down for over week now due to a ''labour dispute" between guards and upper management....
View ArticleSteel City Solidarity Wins Against Rokbar Wage Thieves!
By: Morine R. Sarah was hired by Rokbar management to serve in their club on Hess St. in Hamilton’s downtown. Sarah worked her shifts over late nights and often until early mornings. But Rokbar was...
View ArticleSolidarity Coalition Formed to Support Zellers Workers
By Stefan Solidarity Networks, organizations of mutual support that use collective action to win demands are on the rise. This article is about early organizing efforts in Waterloo Region around the...
View ArticleWe are not Alone: defending welfare benefits in the age of austerity
By: Delbert FrancisThe Ontario government has announced that it will end the Community-Start Up and Maintenance benefit (CSUMB) for recipients of Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support...
View ArticleOut of the Classrooms & Into the Class Struggle
By: Devin KWith the recent resignation of Dalton McGuinty and the decision to prorogue the Ontario legislature, the future of the Ontario Liberals fight with the teachers’ union may be uncertain. The...
View ArticleCommunity picket line held at Hamilton high school
Around 30 people walked the picket lines at Sir John A. McDonald highschool in Hamilton Wednesday morning. Rather than representing an official union on strike, the picket was organized by an...
View ArticleAnarchists and Wobblies Support Striking Refuelers at Toronto Island Airport
By Paul M The IWW and members of Common Cause Toronto have been hitting the picket lines in support of striking refuelers employed by Porter Fixed Base Operations (FBO) at the Toronto Island airport....
View ArticleWhich way forward for Ontario teachers?
By Richard RIt has been over a month since the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) held their one-day protest of the provincial Liberal Party leadership convention, mobilizing some 15,000 people on the...
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