LABRST 1C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Shared Experience, Workplace Democracy, Dofasco

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Labour Studies
• Course: LABRST 1C03
• Professor: Stephanie Ross

Document Summary

Lecture 6 workers" orga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374)s: the role of the la(cid:271)our move(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. Workers realize they need permanent organizations to sustain resistance, to allow them to act collectively to express interests in terms of employers. These forms of resista(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:271)e(cid:272)a(cid:373)e i(cid:374)tegrated i(cid:374)to the (cid:858)la(cid:271)our (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:859) of (cid:374)et(cid:449)ork to represent workers in workplace and society. A network of organizations created by workers to turn their shared experiences, problems, and interests into a collective political and economic force for making change. If measured in terms of unions (one formal organization in labour movement) use as index, only. Institutions allow people to have collective power, but create shared meanings and identities (culture helps this) People create the basis for resistant and broader solidarity and mutual support. La(cid:271)our (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t is(cid:374)(cid:859)t the sa(cid:373)e thi(cid:374)g as u(cid:374)io(cid:374)s unions are part of the labour movement that involves other organizations cultural and social aspects that bring people together*