Charlotte Yates, McMaster University
Labour Studies
Professor
Hamilton, Ontario
yatesch@mcmaster.ca
Office:
(905) 525-9140 ext. 27061
Expert In
Canadian automotive industry
Labour market policy
Political parties third way
Social exclusion
Social inclusion
Social policy
Unions and labour market restructuring in Canada
Unions in Australia
Unions in Canada
Unions in Great Britain
Unions in United States
Women in the labour market
Women in unions
Bio/Research
Charlotte Yates became interested in unions after years of struggling as a high school and University student against racism and for equal rights for women and studying Third World Politics. When she began her doctoral studies on unions in Ottawa, she had an opportunity to teach at the Canadian L...
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Bio/Research
Charlotte Yates became interested in unions after years of struggling as a high school and University student against racism and for equal rights for women and studying Third World Politics. When she began her doctoral studies on unions in Ottawa, she had an opportunity to teach at the Canadian Labour Congress's Labour College where she taught Canadian Politics for three years and was instrumental in unionizing the teaching staff there. This was the beginning of what has been a fruitful and intensely interesting 17 years of involvement in 1) union education, teaching classes to a range of unions from firefighters to autoworkers, 2) research into issues confronting unions including the writing a history of the Canadian Autoworkers, researching the impact of mergers on unions and examining the ways in which unions adapt to growing memberships among women and 3) giving public talks to unions and various labour federations. In addition to these activities, Charlotte Yates sits on the Board of a shelter for the homeless and is active in the governance of her children's primary school.
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