LABRST 770 / Labour Movements and Social Transformation

3 unit(s)

Labour movements are both the products and the agents of major social change. Workers’ organizations emerged as a response to the rise of capitalism, and have always been subject the pressures of an ever-changing economy. However, labour movements are also an active response to social change, in which workers define themselves, their interests, their forms of action, and the kind of world they want to live in. This course explores the dynamic nature of the labour movement, and explores the theoretical, historical and contemporary literature on the role of labour movements in economic, political and social life.