Tag Archives: Wobblies

Radio — A union for panhandlers, buskers, and other folks on the street

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309852360-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-147-jan-62015-a-union-for-panhandlers-buskers-and-other-folks-on-the-street.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with Andrew Nellis. He is involved in the Street Labourers of Windsor (SLOW), a union for panhandlers, buskers, scrappers, security guards, and anyone else who makes all or part … Continue reading →

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Radio — The world’s first union for harm reduction workers

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309704183-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-97-jan-72015-the-worlds-first-union-for-harm-reduction-workers.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with Zoë Dodd and Peter Leslie, who are harm reduction workers and active members of the world’s first union specifically for such workers: the Toronto Harm Reduction Workers Union. … Continue reading →

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Talking Radical Radio: Shop-Floor Organizing in the Non-Profit Sector

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Scott

On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, worker/organizer David Stannton talks about his involvement in building a successful shop-floor response to counter management attempts to impose significant concessions on workers at the immigrant-serving not-for-profit agency where he works. The … Continue reading →

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