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ORGANIZING AGAINST RACIST ATTACKS IN YOUR WORKPLACE
By Doug Nesbitt
Going viral this week was a video of a white man in a London, Ontario Sobeys grocery store blocking a young brown man from leaving the store. Pushing him and and threatening a “citizen’s arrest” for being an “illegal alien”, the racist attack is now being investigated by police.
With nearly two million views on Facebook, the video has some people asking why the cashiers in the background are carrying on with “business as usual”.
Odds are the cashiers fear discipline if they stop work and do something, since management retribution is the main obstacle to refusing unsafe work conditions like this. Cashiers also have no protocols or training to deal with such incidents. Fear and lack of training means paralysis, which only allows incidents like this to escalate and put more people in danger. Read more!
TAKING ON THE FORD AGENDA
By Dave Bush
The election of a majority PC government led by Ford in Ontario will unleash a new wave of attacks on public services, workers and the oppressed. It will be a familiar picture of austerity for the many and gifts for the rich, but couched in right-wing populist rhetoric of being for the little guy. Read more!
HOW WE MARCHED ON OUR BOSS
By Auriana Fabricatore
Fear is one of the most potent tools that bosses use against us. Fear that we’ll be disciplined, have our hours reduced, get fired—they rely on it to keep us from stepping out of line.
By taking group action, workers can turn the tables and aim that fear back at our employers, so they’re the ones too afraid to tell us no. Read more!
PLAN YOUR MARCH ON THE BOSS
By Ryan Olds
Marches on the boss come in different flavors. Some are spontaneous, as in Auriana Fabricatore’s story where a “mini-march” got great results. She was smart to encourage her co-workers to confront their manager immediately, while they were fired up with righteous anger—if they had set a date for next week, nervous jitters might have set in. Read more!
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