期刊名称：Just Labour : A Canadian Journal of Work and Society
电子版ISSN：1705-1436
出版年度：2006
卷号：8
出版社：York University
摘要：Over the past thirty years, constituency organizing, also called separate or self-organizing, has brought together members of equity-seeking groups to strengthen their voices, skills, self-confidence and political power. Such self-organizing highlights the significance of social identities, builds community, and supports collective action. It is expressed organizationally in formal committees and caucuses, sometimes mandated by union constitutions. In the current context, the various separate committees and caucuses -- representing women, people of colour, Aboriginal peoples, people with disabilities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered peoples -- need to invent new political and organizational ways to work collectively and collaboratively. The idea of a "Caucus of Caucuses", a singular thread picked up in a variety of sessions at the conference on Advancing the Union Equity Agenda sponsored by the Centre for Research on Work and Society (York University) in March 2005, is one such strategy. The article begins with an overview of separate and constituency organizing in Canadian unions among women and other equity-seeking groups. It assesses various kinds of equity structures as vehicles for advancing equity organizing in Canadian unions. The key strategic question brought into sharp relief by the call for a 'caucus of caucuses' is explored: how to address the multiple, sometimes overlapping, and sometimes conflicting, agendas of various equity-seeking groups
