Critical social work leadership and labour unions: creating transformative change through courage, reflexivity, mindfulness, and action

Courtney Atlee and Aubrey Gonsalves

Chapter 26 in Research Handbook on Leadership in Social Work and Social Care, 2025, pp 334-347 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Drawing on the lived and professional experiences of the authors, this chapter seeks to explicate the potential of labour unions in Canada as a powerful tool that critical social work and social service leaders may use to achieve social justice, human rights, collective responsibility, and respect for diversity but that remains vastly underutilized. The chapter will provide an original discussion on the potential synergies of unions and critical leaders to join in solidarity and collectively collaborate to achieve transformative social change. The 4C critical leadership model will also be introduced as a framework that supports the co-authors in better understanding, strengthening, and practising their leadership.

Keywords: Critical leadership; Labour unions; Social change; Social justice; Social work; Social unionism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035314485
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