Book Launch : Power in Coalition

Date and Time: 
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 -
6:30pm to 8:00pm
Website: 
www.powerincoalition.com
Location: 
New International Bookshop, Trades Hall

The New International Bookshop and Victorian Trades Hall Council invite you to launch of

Power in Coalition: Strategies for strong unions and social change by Amanda Tattersall

Launch by Cath Smith, CEO Victorian Council of Social Services, with other speakers TBA

How can we change things in an age in which governments are fixated on the bottom line and conventional protest rallies have lost their punch?

Coalitions can be important tools for social change and union revitalisation. What makes them successful? What causes them to fail? Community organiser Amanda Tattersall examines successful coalitions between unions and community organisations in three countries: the public education coalition in Sydney, Toronto's Ontario Health Coalition fighting to save universal health care, and Chicago's living wage campaign run by the Grassroots Collaborative. She explores when and how coalitions can be a powerful strategy for social change, organisational development and union renewal.

For more about the book visit The New International Bookshop and Victorian Trades Hall Council invite you to launch of

Power in Coalition: Strategies for strong unions and social change
by Amanda Tattersall

Launch by Cath Smith, CEO Victorian Council of Social Services, with other speakers TBA

6 for 6:30pm Wednesday 22 September
New International Bookshop, Trades Hall

How can we change things in an age in which governments are fixated on the bottom line and conventional protest rallies have lost their punch?

Coalitions can be important tools for social change and union revitalisation. What makes them successful? What causes them to fail? Community organiser Amanda Tattersall examines successful coalitions between unions and community organisations in three countries: the public education coalition in Sydney, Toronto's Ontario Health Coalition fighting to save universal health care, and Chicago's living wage campaign run by the Grassroots Collaborative. She explores when and how coalitions can be a powerful strategy for social change, organisational development and union renewal.

For more about the book visit www.powerincoalition.com

Amanda Tattersall is an Australian community organiser and a researcher. She is the founder and Director of the Sydney Alliance, a diverse coalition of unions, community organisations and religious organisations. She has been a community and union organiser, a co-founder and the chair of Getup.org.au and is an elected official (Deputy Assistant Secretary) with Unions NSW, the central labour council in Sydney NSW representing 600,000 workers.

Amanda Tattersall is an Australian community organiser and a researcher. She is the founder and Director of the Sydney Alliance, a diverse coalition of unions, community organisations and religious organisations. She has been a community and union organiser, a co-founder and the chair of Getup.org.au and is an elected official (Deputy Assistant Secretary) with Unions NSW, the central labour council in Sydney NSW representing 600,000 workers.

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