Education for Changing Unions presents a rich, stimulating, and provocative storehouse of practical and structured activities, ideas, and debate about union education. Written in a clear and accessible style, the authors have created a book to inspire working people and teachers in many settings and locations. All the exercises and activities have been widely tested.

Six thematic threads tie the book together: community, democracy, equity, class consciousness, organization building, and the greater good. Evaluation, strategic planning, and survival for the long haul round out the discussion.

See also the popular companion book, Educating for a Change, Martin et al. (BTL, 1991).

Bev Burke has taught international solidarity education, especially in Latin America, for many years. She has worked with a range of unions, including the Steelworkers, Autoworkers, and Postal Workers.

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Jojo Geronimo works in the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), with specific responsibility for the educational component of the “Network for Better Contracts” program.

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D'Arcy Martin is a former Canadian education director in three different unions. He is co-ordinator of the Centre for the Study of Education and Work at the University of Toronto.

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Barb Thomas works on equitable program design and facilitator training, and strategic problem-solving. She is one of the co-authors of Education For Changing Unions (BTL, 2002), and Educating For A Change (BTL, 1991).

 

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Carol Wall worked for years in the newspaper industry before becoming a union staff rep for the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP). She continues to design and lead courses as the first Huamn Rights Director of the CEP.

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• Winner, Best Book in Labor Education, 2002-2007, United Association of Labor Educators