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@MISC{_acaucus,
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title = {A CAUCUS OF CAUCUSES: THE NEXT STAGE IN UNION EQUITY},
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Abstract
ver 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
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next stage union equity caucus caucus union equity agenda transgendered people formal committee york university equity-seeking group social identity current context union constitution build community singular thread constituency organizing political power support collective action aboriginal people various separate committee self-organizing highlight organizational way past thirty year
