List of Figures and Tables
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Pradeep Kumar and Christopher Schenk
Part I: Union Renewal and the State of Unions in Canada
Chapter 1: Union Renewal and Organizational Change: A Review of the Literature
Pradeep Kumar and Christopher Schenk
Chapter 2: Rowing Against the Tide: The Struggle to Raise Union Density in a Hostile Environment
Andrew Jackson
Chapter 3: Innovation in Canadian Unions: Patterns, Causes and Consequences
Pradeep Kumar and Gregor Murray
Chapter 4: Women are Key to Union Renewal: Lessons from the Canadian Labour Movement
Charlotte Yates
Chapter 5: Globalization and Union Renewal: Perspectives from the Quebec Labour Movement
Christian Levesque and Gregor Murray
Part II: Case Studies on Union Renewal
Chapter 6: The BCGEU: The Road to Renewal
Gary Steeves
Chapter 7: Union Renewal and CUPE
Jane Stinson and Morna Ballantyne
Chapter 8: Union Resistance and Union Renewal in the CAW
David Robertson and Bill Murninghan
Chapter 9: Rank-and-File Involvement in Policy-Making at the CEP
Keith R. Newman
Chapter 10: Mobilizing Young People: A Case Study of UFCW Canada Youth Programs and Initiatives
Anna Liu and Christopher O'Halloran
Chapter 11: Renewal from Different Directions: The Case of UNITE-HERE Local 75
Steven Tufts
Chapter 12: Building Capacity for Global Action: Steelworkers' Humanity Fund
Judith Marshall and Jorge Garcia-Orgales
Part III: Unions and Community: Campaigns and Organizing
Chapter 13: Community Unionism and Labour Movement Renewal: Organizing for Fair Employment
Cynthia J. Cranford, Mary Gellatly, Deena Ladd, and Leah F. Vosko
Chapter 14: The Workers' Organizing and Resource Centre in Winnipeg
Geoff Bickerton and Catherine Stearns
Chapter 15: A Community Coalition in Defense of Public Medicare
Natalie Mehra
Chapter 16: Organizing Call Centres: The Steelworkers' Experience
Julie Guard, Jorge Garcia-Orgales, Mercedes Steedman, and D’Arcy Martin
Part IV: Leadership Development and Education
Chapter 17: Increasing Inter-Union Cooperation and Co-ordination: The BC Federation of Labour Organizing Institute
John Weir
Chapter 18: Union Education, Union Leadership and Union Renewal: The Role of PEL
Johanna Weststar
Index
