Paths to Union Renewal

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

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