Table of Contents

• Foreword
• About this handbook
• Introduction
• SECTION 1: Six good reasons to bargain basic skills
• SECTION 2: Worker-centred learning
• SECTION 3: Planning for Bargaining
  • Stage One: Learning about your employer and your members
  • Stage Two: Drafting a Proposal
  • Stage Three: Different views of literacy and basic skills from employers and unions
  • Stage Four: Inside the negotiations
  • Stage Five: Keeping the membership informed and continuous bargaining
• SECTION 4: Basic skills and public education
• SECTION 5: Where are we at - stories from the front lines
  • UNITE in Winnipeg: Garment workers learn new skills
  • LEAP and JUMP keep things hopping
  • USWA at Brunswick Mines: Basic skills in English and French
  • CAW at Chrysler and the BEST program
  • The BC Training Accord: Province-wide Training Agreement
  • Laws on Training in Quebec and BC
  • How many unions have contract language on literacy, training and education?
  • Sample Clauses
• Endnotes