Political Economy for Union Activists
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM PST Maritime Labour Centre 111 Victoria Drive Vancouver, BC V5L 4C4
The battles we fight with our Employers are impacted by the politics around us. How are the economic structures stacked against us as workers, and how do we fight back? This course is suitable to trade unionists who want to better understand capitalism, the state, and the larger systems that exploit workers. Participants learn how to situate their everyday workplace struggles into the bigger political economic picture, and learn how to strategize accordingly. Light reading will be assigned ahead of the course.
In Person at the Maritime Labour Centre
Facilitator: Kayla Hilstob
Kayla Hilstob is a Researcher at SEIU Local 2, and is a PhD Candidate at SFU’s School of Communication, working on her dissertation on the political economy of digital infrastructure in Canada.