Paths to Union Renewal : : Canadian Experience / / ed. by Pradeep Kumar, Chris Schenk.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Ballantyne, Morna,; Bickerton, Geoff,; Cranford, Cynthia J.,; Garcia-Orgales, Jorge,; Gellatly, Mary,; Guard, Julie,; Jackson, Andrew,; Kumar, Pradeep,; Ladd, Deena,; Liu, Anna,; Lévesque, Christian,; Marshall, Judith,; Martin, D'Arcy,; Mehra, Natalie,; Murninghan, Bill,; Murray, Gregor,; Newman, Keith R.,; O'Halloran, Christopher,; Robertson, David,; Schenk, Christopher,; Stearns, Catherine,; Steedman, Mercedes,; Steeves, Gary,; Stinson, Jane,; Tufts, Steven,; Vosko, Leah F.,; Weir, John,; Weststar, Johanna,; Yates, Charlotte,
• HerausgeberIn: Kumar, Pradeep,; Schenk, Chris,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)

This new book focuses on the efforts and progress of union revitalization and organizing, and documents the renewal initiatives undertaken by unions in Canada. Unions, separately or in coalition with other unions or social groups, have begun to re-examine the basis of their organization and activity in the face of a harsher economic and political climate. Signs of union renewal include increased rank-and-file participation in the life of the union, increased democratic decision-making, evidence of new horizontal union structures, the development of a worker-centred societal vision, and a new emphasis on organizing both internally and externally. Paths to Union Renewal addresses a subject of considerable political and social importance about which there have been a number of debates. A key impetus for this re-examination has originated in the United States where decades-long union decline has engendered new ideas adopted by a number of unions and the national central labour body the AFL-CIO. This in turn has led to debates on renewal strategies in Western Europe and Anglo-Saxon countries from Britain to Australia. Despite this, little detailed research of the processes, structures, and implications of union renewal has been undertaken across Canada. Paths to Union Renewal fills this gap by critically examining union renewal in a variety of unions, providing a basis for informed discussion and debate on the role and place of trade unions in contemporary society.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Union Renewal and the State of Unions in Canada -- Chapter 1. Union Renewal and Organizational Change: A Review of the Literature -- Chapter 2. Rowing Against the Tide: The Struggle to Raise Union Density in a Hostile Environment -- Chapter 3. Innovation in Canadian Unions: Patterns, Causes and Consequences -- Chapter 4. Women are Key to Union Renewal: Lessons from the Canadian Labour Movement -- Chapter 5. Globalization and Union Renewal: Perspectives from the Quebec Labour Movement -- Part II: Case Studies on Union Renewal -- Chapter 6. The BCGEU: The Road to Renewal -- Chapter 7. Union Renewal and CUPE -- Chapter 8. Union Resistance and Union Renewal in the CAW -- Chapter 9. Rank-and-File Involvement in Policy-Making at the CEP -- Chapter 10. Mobilizing Young People: A Case Study of UFCW Canada Youth Programs and Initiatives -- Chapter 11. Renewal from Different Directions: The Case of UNITE-HERE Local 75 -- Chapter 12. Building Capacity for Global Action: Steelworkers' Humanity Fund -- Part III: Unions and Community: Campaigns and Organizing -- Chapter 13. Community Unionism and Labour Movement Renewal: Organizing for Fair Employment -- Chapter 14. The Workers' Organizing and Resource Centre in Winnipeg -- Chapter 15. A Community Coalition in Defense of Public Medicare -- Chapter 16. Organizing Call Centres: The Steelworkers' Experience -- Part IV: Leadership Development and Education -- Chapter 17. Increasing Inter-Union Co-operation and Co-ordination: The BC Federation of Labour Organizing Institute -- Chapter 18. Union Education, Union Leadership and Union Renewal: The Role of PEL -- Index