The CUPE literacy program was evaluated after five years of funding through a grant from the National Literacy Secretariat (NLS) . This document reflects on the past work, but is also used in the strategic planning process by the CUPE Literacy Reference Group to help chart the course for future work .

This research is intended to better equip unions to develop and manage worker education and training project.

By R. Groff, Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union

This literature review focuses on union members as adult learners and makes the case for union-led programs.

This handbook displays material and examples to assist with the implementation of organizational planning in national or regional unions and federations of labour.

This study describes a labour perspective on worker literacy, seeing literacy as a means to empower worker rather than an end in itself.

This brochure is an introduction to the long history of literacy programs of 1850 workers in the 1990 .

Our Times Special Literacy Issue (November 2001)

This article by Tamara Levine published in Literacies, talks about how unions are moving away from an approach in which literacy is appended to the regular work of the union to one that emphasizes how literacy and clear language can be part of everything the union does.

This article by Tamara Levine published in the periodical Just Labour, talks about the critical role unions play in workers education. Canadian unions are developing a holistic and democratic vision and practice of worker-centred literacy.

This report examines the literacy needs of CEP members.

This document is a report prepared Wendy Johnston for the National Literacy Secretariat regarding the evolution and concerns surrounding labour-based literacy programs for union members.

This document is composed of 46 accounts of educational programs initiated by unions across Canada. It focuses on programs that address systemic barriers to learning, including age, race, gender, literacy, language, geography and disability.

This paper was written by Tamara Levine and proposes a role for the CLC in relation to coordination, promotion, and the production and dissemination of literacy resources.

The results of this survey suggest that a large percentage of learners and course leaders increased their participation in union, workplace and community activities after involvement in the WEST program given by the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour.

The project report provides a snap shot of union management of worker education and training projects, and of the supports needed for coordinators of such union work to strengthen their effectiveness.