Combatting Racism in the Workplace
A Course for Workers

Thomas, Barb; Novogrodsky, Charles

Publisher:  Cross Cultural Communications Centre, Toronto, Canada
Year Published:  1983   First Published:  1983
Pages:  148pp   ISBN:  0-9691060-2-5
Book Type:  Handbooks/Manuals
Library of Congress Number:  HD4903-5.C2T46   Dewey:  331.13'3'0971
Resource Type:  Book
Cx Number:  CX2897



Abstract:  With the ultimate aim of combatting racism within the labour movement, the Cross Cultural Communication Centre, under the auspices of the Humber Collage for Labour Studies, ran a ten-week, 30 hour pilot course entitled 'Work Racism and Labour.' Assisted by the Ontario Federation of Labour and other labour educators, the course is outlined in the book entitled COMBATTING RACISM IN THE WORKPLACE: A COURSE FOR WORKERS and in the accompanying READING KIT. The two publications provide a through guide for experienced labour educators.

The course provides:
- information and arguments to resist prejudiced beliefs;
- a clear understanding of why all workers should collectively combat racism in their place of work and in their communities;
- approaches for dealing with racial confilct and harassment in the workplace;
- methods of identifying and acting against racism in the union;
- an analysis of employer connections to racism in the workplace and the links between racism and class
opression;
- an understanding of the sources of racist and explanations of their society;
- strategies for futher educting themselves and their workers; and
- strategies for mobilizing collective energies to fight racism in all its forms in the workplace and in the
community.

Subject Headings

• Anti-Racism
• Collective Bargaining
• Discrimination
• Discrimination in Employment
• Discrimination in the Workplace
• Ethnic Co-operation
• Ethnic Groups
• Ethnicity
• Human Rights in the Workplace
• Immigrant History
• Immigrant Women
• Immigrants to Canada
• Labour Unions
• Prejudice
• Race Relations/Racism
• Racism
• Stereotyping
• Unions
• Work Issues
• Workers
• Workers' Rights
• Working Class
• Workplace Attitudes
• Workplace Change
• Workplace Conflict
• Workplace Culture
• Workplace Issues