John · @autogestion
143 followers · 428 posts · Server union.place
John · @autogestion
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Petrichor · @sinabhfuil
983 followers · 4111 posts · Server mastodon.ie

Talked to a drivish friend about supporting the - hell, no, they'd seen those cyclists behaving really dangerously… I'm thinking now, should I withdraw my support from those screenwriters who write such violent scripts 😂

#deliverycyclists #CarBrain #qualifiedapproval #onebigunion #christabove

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Nando161 · @nando161
612 followers · 29998 posts · Server kolektiva.social
Nando161 · @nando161
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Cy.Maggran · @tridektikon
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MikeDunnAuthor · @MikeDunnAuthor
1301 followers · 2945 posts · Server kolektiva.social

Today in Labor History June 9, 1919: The Winnipeg city council dismissed the police force during the General Strike that had started on May 15 and continued until June 26. Though the strike ended in bloodshed and mass arrests, it succeeded in strengthening Canada’s labor movement. The strike began in response to low wages, inflation and discrimination against minorities, as well as resentment over World War I profiteering by the city’s elite. It was inspired and organized by socialists, fighting for the OBU (One Big Union), uniting all workers into a single union. The OBU concept came from the Wobblies, or IWW, which had been suppressed in Canada. They were also fighting for a six-hour work day and a five-day work week.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #winnipeg #canada #generalstrike #onebigunion #IWW #police #ww1

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MikeDunnAuthor · @MikeDunnAuthor
882 followers · 1555 posts · Server kolektiva.social

Today in Labor History March 6, 1925: Miners in Cape Breton, Canada, struck against the British Empire Steel Corporation (BESCO). They’d been striking against BESCO regularly for the past 5 years over wage cuts. The 1925 strike lasted 5 months. Company police killed one miner, William Davis. BESCO eventually went bankrupt. These strikes were part of the Canadian Labour Revolt (1918-1925) led by the One Big Union. The Vancouver General Strike (1918) and the Winnipeg General Strike (1919) inspired the OBU and subsequent strikes of the Labor Revolt. The OBU was also influenced by the IWW, the Spartacist Uprising in Germany and the Communist Revolution in Russia. The OBU was a syndicalist labor union that sought to overthrow capitalism and replace it with a socialist system based on worker control of the workplace.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #capebreton #steel #strike #generalstrike #winnipeg #vancouver #spartacist #IWW #communism #onebigunion #socialism #Syndicalism

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Noah Berlatsky · @nberlat
2283 followers · 6549 posts · Server mas.to

RT @popelizbet@twitter.com

🎶 wage theft is a common crime, la la la la la, they steal labor yours and mine, la la la la la, know your rights and tell your comrades, la la la la la, no jail for them but get your dollars, la la la la la 🎶 twitter.com/williamlegate/stat

🐦🔗: twitter.com/popelizbet/status/

#solidarityforever #onebigunion

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ted yulezynski · @shrugdealer
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clayton · @clayton
506 followers · 4566 posts · Server social.coop

We (Agaric worker coop) just voted in favor of joining the Industrial Workers of the World! Very excited for our work in the coop space to more closely align with the labor movement.

social.coop/media/G7QR2IAaeK7-

#onebigunion #iwww #weeblies #coop #unions #platformcoop

Last updated 7 years ago