@LabourStart – the global feed, in English.
@LabourStart_fr – the global feed, in French.
@LabourStartCanE – the Canadian feed, in English.
@LabourStartCanF – the Ca.nadian feed, in French.
@LabourStartDE – the German feed.
@LaborStartUSA – the Am…
Every union organiser knows that the best person to recruit a new member isn’t the organiser but another member, a colleague. The most active, passionate members, who proudly encourage their work mates to join the union, often end up as delegates or shop-stewards. This word-of-mouth is not…
Soon I will be launching a new book for unions, called Unionify: Social Campaigning for Unions. Before I publish the entire book, I am releasing a short excerpt: the chapter on Facebook. There are more than 1.15 billion people with a Facebook account i…
A quick audit of a dozen union websites and brochures suggests that many unions are stuck in a cycle of using clichéd stock photos. This includes using photos of business men shaking hands to represent negotiation, or a group of ethnically diverse professional workers to represent members. Unions…
T-shirts are a lot cooler and more useful for your union campaigns than you’d think. You’d think unions would know this, by the numbers of free ones they give away. But only a few unions really use t-shirts as a tool for identifying potential activists, supporters and delegates….
Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, here’s something you can do to mark the day.As I write this hundreds of riot police have surrounded the temple where the leaders of the Korean rail workers union have been seeking refuge. By taking just a f…
Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, here’s something you can do to mark the day.
As I write this hundreds of riot police have surrounded the temple where the leaders of the Korean rail workers union have been seeking refuge. By taking just a few seconds out of your holiday you can tell…
Most years Labour Day marks the end of the vacation season and a return to the slog. This year is different. From Canada Post to funeral homes, global furniture retailers to small town governments, employers have been aggressively pressing …
Most years Labour Day marks the end of the vacation season and a return to the slog. This year is different. From Canada Post to funeral homes, global furniture retailers to small town governments, employers have been aggressively pressing …
A pattern is emerging: employers are agressively looking to not just resist our bargaining demands, they’re pushing and pushing hard for major concessions at the table and are prepared to put their employees out on the street for months in order to get…