How Society Works
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM PST Maritime Labour Centre 111 Victoria Drive Vancouver, BC V5L 4C4
In Person at the Maritime Labour Centre
The battles we fight with our Employer are impacted by the politics of society around us. How are the structures of the economy and the state stacked against us as workers, and how do we take a structural approach to fighting back? This course is suitable to trade unionists who want to better understand capitalism, the state, and the larger forces around us. Participants learn how to situate their everyday workplace struggles into the bigger political economic picture, and learn how to strategize accordingly.
Facilitator: Kayla Hilstob
Kayla Hilstob is a Sessional Instructor and Research Worker at Simon Fraser University, in Labour Studies and the School of Communication. She is currently Chief Steward and Chair of the bargaining committee at the Teaching Support Staff Union that is currently negotiating the first contract for SFU research workers. Kayla is a PhD Candidate at SFU’s School of Communication, working on her dissertation on the political economy of digital infrastructure in Canada.