It’s my responsibility to advocate for us, the workers. But at the end of the day, nothing I can accomplish will ever compare to what we can do as a collective. Leadership alone will never be enough to prevent or put out the thousands of fires the boss sets around us.

The Building Worker Power campaign has appointed Regional Organizers across the country, whose role is to visit as many Locals as possible to hold workfloor meetings in as many facilities as they can to promote this campaign.

If we want to win, we need everyone to stand up on the workfloor for better working conditions and fair collective bargaining. Our union is only as strong as our members are unified around a goal and organized to achieve that goal.

In case you haven’t met one of our Regional Organizers yet, I wanted to share messages from George, Asim, and James about why we can — and we will — come together and stand up to management.

Asim Malik, Ontario region, Local 566 London
We all want to be treated with human dignity and decency in return for giving our time and bodies to the corporation. Workfloor actions can help us take on the problems we face every day and remind us of our greater collective power in taking on the big fights that affect us all.

James Ball, Prairie region, Local 730 Edmonton
We need workfloor actions because the company is violating our agreement. The contract is supposed to protect our rights and how we work, but management is breaking the rules.

If we file a complaint, it may take years to get some compensation, and it won't solve the root of the problem. Workfloor actions are a way to call out the company’s behaviour and stop them from continuing to ignore our rights.