Literacy
CUPE members who have good literacy skills can be more informed and involved. They can help build a stronger local union. Our national literacy program is part of a much larger program of Union Education in CUPE.
Reading Our Rights: Labour and Literacy
Sep 8, 2011 09:53 AM Canada’s largest union is celebrating International Literacy Day with a new project highlighting inspirational stories of workplace literacy. The Reading Our Rights: Labour and Literacy project will invite workers to share their stories of literacy in their lives and of their experiences of labour’s efforts to act on literacy needs and issues. Stories will be featured in videos, displays and an updated edition of the book, A Quest for Learning: The Canadian Labour Movement and Worker Literacy Education. more »
Invitation to the Royal Society of Canada's annual symposium: Literacy and Citizenship in the 21st Century
Sep 21, 2011 10:01 AM Together with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Royal Society of Canada will host a day-long symposium devoted to exploring these questions, and their implications for citizenship. There will be seven presentations featuring nine speakers, and will include Fellows of the RSC, professors, the CEO of Indigo Books Heather Reisman, top post-doctoral and doctoral candidates, and other special guests. more »
About Literacy and Clear Language
Jun 25, 2009 01:35 PM Why are workplace education and literacy union issues? more »
Nominations for the CUPE National literacy award
Apr 11, 2011 03:04 PM Do you know a CUPE member or group of members who champion workplace literacy and clear language? Get your nomination in by September 8, 2011. more »
Why care about Literacy and Essential SKills?
Oct 28, 2010 12:07 PM To protect jobs in changing times and in the facing of increased certification; to take advantage of training opportunities in collective agreements; to take advantage of existing employer-sponsored training; to encourage employers to invest in workers' training and because, it's our right! more »
Literacy and unions – building stronger voices
Sep 8, 2010 10:14 AM CUPE's Literacy Program is celebrating ten years of literacy activism. CUPE aims to set up programs that meet its members’ unique needs. Workplace education programs offer courses in such things as writing, reading skills, numeracy and basic computer training. more »