Organising, unions and social movements with Elaine Bernard

Dr Elaine Bernard, Executive Director, Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School, visited the Young Foundation to give an evening seminar on her work - covering organising, unions and social movements.

Elaine Bernard has conducted courses on a wide variety of topics for unions, community groups, universities and government departments. Her current research and teaching interests are in the areas of international comparative labor movements and the role of unions in promoting civil society, democracy and economic growth.

Carl Roper, TUC National Training & Consultancy Officer (Organising), who has been working to develop the TUC's new Activist Academy also joined us to talk about his work. The Activist Academy is being set up to increase the number of lay union reps accessing organising training and to support the efforts of unions to engage lay activists in organising and recruitment activity.

The event took place in the Michael Young room, the Young Foundation, 18 Victoria Park Square, London, E2 9PF.