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Shifting Gears tells the story of how Canada's largest private-sector union shifted its political strategy from an emphasis on transformative activism to transactional partnerships.
List of contents
1 Shifting Gears: An Introduction
2 In the Driver's Seat: The Birth of the CAW and the Promise of Social Unionism
3 Back-Seat Driver? The CAW as Left Critic, 1988-95
4 Winding Road: Rebuilding the Left, 1995-2003
5 A Fork in the Road: The CAW Turns to Economic and Political Defensiveness, 2003-12
6 Merge Ahead: The Birth of Unifor and the Consolidation of Transactional Politics, 2013-21
7 Head-On Collision: The Fall of Jerry Dias and the Future of Unifor
8 The Road Ahead: Unifor and the Changing Landscape of Working-Class Politics
Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
About the author
Stephanie Ross is an associate professor in the School of Labour Studies at McMaster University and the founding president of the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies.
Larry Savage is a professor in the Department of Labour Studies at Brock University. They are the co-authors of
Building a Better World: An Introduction to the Labour Movement in Canada and co-editors of
Public Sector Unions in the Age of Austerity,
Rethinking the Politics of Labour in Canada, and
Labour under Attack: Anti-Unionism in Canada.
