Creative Action

Course Description

Creative action is Direct Action! Discover how to engage your co-workers through arts-based activism. This year’s course will focus on how to identify, strategize and execute action methods applicable to your workplace.

This course is for:

• Members who are willing to learn through artistic participation to the fullest extent.
• While not required, those who play an instrument are encouraged to bring them.

Prerequisites

Must be an active union steward.

This course uses:

• Various forms of artistic expression, including singing, video, theatre and visual art.
• AUPE case studies to demonstrate previous campaigns and highlight wide ranging issues.
• Direct action methods to enable execution of learned practices at workplace.
• A class presentation of the creations developed over the course (on the last night of Labour School, presented to all participants at Labour School).

Learning outcomes

• Discover how to develop messaging for direct action that focuses on workplace issues
• Practice methods of artistic expression to bring concrete ideas for direct action back to workplace.
• Using various art forms, create a group presentation to express what you have learned through the week, to be presented on the last evening of Labour School