| 46. |
R.J. Adams, Education and Working
Canadians: Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Educational Leave and
Productivity (Ottawa: Labour Canada, 1979), p. 206. Here it must be pointed
out that preliminary results from a study of employers in St. John's shows
substantial support for literacy opportunities for workers. However, the
sample was small–38 of 100 employers returned questionnaires. See Dianne
Kelly, "Management Receptivity to Day Release Literacy Classes,"
Literacy 5:2 (1980). Furthermore, the Chairman of the federal inquiry, R.J.
Adams, has stated elsewhere that "many"who appeared before his
commission who were aware of the extent of the problem of functional illiteracy
among Canadian workers opposed immediate action, citing reasons like the
costliness of such programs "in the current economic environment",
the belief that "Those people had their chance and if they didn't take it,
well that's their fault, and "If my employees get more education they
won't be satisfied with their jobs or their wages". See Roy J. Adams,
"Day Release for Literacy Education," Literacy 5:1 (1980). It
appears that while support does exist among Canadian employers for literacy
programs for workers, there is significant negative sentiment as well, and it
is in part based on the class interests of low-wage employers.
|
| 47. |
For example, see National Council on
Welfare, op.cit., p. 18.
|
| 48. |
An example is Ellen Tolmie, "Fleck:
Profile of a Strike," This Magazine 12:4 (October 1978).
|
| 49. |
Johnson, "The Development of
Class.....," op.cit., p. 174.
|
| 50. |
Ibid., p. 174.
|
| 51. |
National Council on Welfare,
op.cit., p. 25; Adams, et.al., Real Poverty Report,
op.cit., p. 56.
|
| 52. |
Scott Greer, Last Man In (Glencoe: Fress
Press, 1959), p. 125-132.
|
| 53. |
Adams, et.al., Real Poverty
Report, op.cit., p. 47-57.
|
| 54. |
Robert Laxer, Canada's Union
(Toronto: James Lorimer and Company, 1976), p. 25.
|
| 55. |
Gonick, op.cit., p. 157.
|
| 56. |
Ibid., p. 157.
|
| 57. |
Paul Bélanger,
"Epilogue," Literacy Discussion 5:4 (1974), p. 681.
|
| 58. |
Serge Wagner, "Literacy and
Citizenship," B.T.S.D. Review 3:2 (February 1975), p. 5. |