Below is a report presented at the Construction Workers Industrial Organisation (CWIO) founding congress in January. The CWIO is the first industrial organisation within the Workers United Front (WUF). It’s goal is to fight for the amalgamation of all trade unions in the construction industry into one construction workers industrial union. Read also: – ProgrammeContinueContinue reading “Report on Conditions in the Construction Industry”
Tag Archives: canada
A Shattered Mirror: The Disintegration of Canada’s Construction Unions and the Need for Industrial Organisation
The Structure Cracks Once, Canada’s construction workers were the backbone of industrial power. The unions once built the skylines, set wage standards across provinces, and shut down entire cities when provoked. Their strikes could freeze cranes mid-air. But in 2025, the towers rise while the conditions and organisation of workers collapses. The craft unions dominatingContinueContinue reading “A Shattered Mirror: The Disintegration of Canada’s Construction Unions and the Need for Industrial Organisation”
Construction Workers: One Union is the Only Way Forward!
Founding statement of the Construction Workers’ Industrial Organisation Who pays for every accident, layoff, wage cut, and betrayal? We do. Not the bosses. Not the bureaucrats. Not their political sellouts. Today, across Canada, the construction trades are divided, separated, and pitted against one another. This division is no accident- it is put in place soContinueContinue reading “Construction Workers: One Union is the Only Way Forward!”
Criticism of the Programme of the Communist Workers Circle
Preface to Criticism In the spring of 2025 representatives of the Communist Workers’ Circle (CWC) met with the embryonic Toronto local of the Workers’ United Front of Canada (WUF) at a study session that the emerging local had hosted. Shortly thereafter the CWC presented the WUF with a yet to be published programme for ourContinueContinue reading “Criticism of the Programme of the Communist Workers Circle”
Calgary: Interview on Unemployment
Recently, an interview was conducted by the Calgary United Workers (CUW) with a student in Calgary on the state of unemployment in the city for The People’s Hammer1. Calgary is currently one of the fastest growing cities in the world currently with an approximate 6% population increase in the past year.2 Along side this, CalgaryContinueContinue reading “Calgary: Interview on Unemployment”