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A grander vision : my life in the labour movement

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    Certified Accessible By: National Network for Equitable Library Service
    Running Time: 13:48 hrs
    Narrator: David Bacon
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    Center for Equitable Library Access, 2024

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  • Author: Ryan, Sid
    Contributor: Adams, Gerry
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    2020
    Summary:

    Sid Ryan, one of Canada's most courageous and progressive union leaders, draws on the experience of his varied and colourful life to show what is right with the labour movement, what is wrong, and what has to change if it is to avoid becoming irrelevant. He calls for the adoption of Social Movement Unionism, in which labour forges an alliance with other progressive elements in civil society, taking up the cause of young people, precarious workers, and immigrants. He demands a renewed commitment to the NDP, the party that was built by unions, and he argues that the LEAP Manifesto should become the pillars of the movement in Canada. 2019.

    Contents:
    • Growing up in Ireland
    • A new life in Canada
    • President of CUPE Ontario
    • Bob Rae and the social contract
    • At home in the world
    • OFL president
    • The grander vision.
    Original Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Dundurn, 2019, Toronto, CNIB
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9780221039799, 0221039791