Research Catalog

Title

A grander vision : my life in the labour movement / Sid Ryan ; foreword by Gerry Adams.

Author

Ryan, Sid, 1952-

Publication

• Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Dundurn, [2019]
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

Adams, Gerry, 1948-

Description

310 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"A heartfelt manifesto written by a man who fervently believes in what workers, with their civil society allies, can achieve for the good of all. Sid Ryan, one of Canada's most courageous and progressive union leaders, draws on the experience of his varied and colorful 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 labor 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"--

Subjects

• Canada
• Human rights movements
• Labor movement
• Human rights movements > Canada
• Progressivism (Canadian politics)
• Canada > Social conditions > 21st century
• Labor movement > Canada
• 2000-2099
• Social conditions
• Ryan, Sid, 1952-

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Issued also in electronic formats.

Contents

Foreword / by Gerry Adams -- Quebec City, April 2001 -- 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 -- Conclusion.

ISBN

• 9781459744257
• 145974425X

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library