LABR 1260 - Winter 2020 - L3 - Understanding Unions & the Labour Movement.pdf

LABR 1260:
WORKING FOR A
LIVING
JANUARY 20+27,
2020
Understanding Unions
and the Labour
Movement

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Today’s 3
Questions
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LABR 1260 - Framing our Workplace Rights
How do unions work to protect the rights
of workers and advance their interests?
What makes unions different than other
forms of advocacy or political
organizations?
Is it realistic to expect unions to be able to
protect their members and all workers in
the modern global capitalist economy?

A Spectrum of Organizing
Organizing as Workers
• Tools, methods vary wildly
• Core goals remain the same
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A Spectrum of Organizing
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More Formal Organizing
• Labour unions
• Electoral politics
Less Formal Organizing
• Shop floor activism
• Social movements

What is a
Union?
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What is a Union?
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