A stunning documentary chronicles the efforts of American lawyers trying to take the soft drink giant to court over the killings of 10 union leaders in Columbia.
Labour Workers Fightback
January 13, 2012 |
U.S. corporate giant Caterpillar Inc. is attempting to strong-arm workers at its London, Ontario plant to accept a 50 per cent pay cut and is imposing devastating cuts to their benefits and pensions.
Working Class Fightback: Lessons of the Last Great Depression
Jan 25 2009 - 1:00pm
Jan 25 2009 - 3:00pm
Location
Steelworkers Hall
25 Cecil Street
Toronto, ON Canada
43° 39' 24.6708" N, 79° 23' 44.3184" W
See map: Google Maps
Bryan Palmer, Labour Historian and Author
The financial crisis has certainly brought on a deepening worldwide slump, with growing mass unemployment and impoverishment. There is also a crisis of working class institutions, in particular the union movement. How can the working class build unity within its ranks and rebuild our capacity to fight back? One thing we can do, is to learn from the experiences of working people during the 1930's, who organized a series of mass fightbacks and built new institutions, such as industrial unions.
