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Learning Labour: A Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition Project is a four year program that began as part of the New Approaches to Lifelong Learning (NALL) network, with the Labour Education component beginning in 1996. This report documents labour education programs being offered by Canada's major unions and other providers. It is presented in 11 sections: section A outlines the purpose of the study and explains why labour education should be considered for prior learning assessment and recognition (PLAR) purposes; section B explains the methodology and scope of the study; section C sets out the aims and objectives of labour education; section D describes steward training, one of the cornerstones of labour education in Canada; section E provides an overview of the contents of labour education programs provided by, and for, Canada's unions and completes the description of programs begun in the previous section; section F examines such events as conferences, schools and courses offered by other bodies, organisations and institutions that are affiliated with the labour movement in order to provide an overview of other events and learning activities provided by, and for, Canada's unions; section G provides insights into the people who take part in labour education; section H looks at who gets chosen to deliver labour education as well as some of the reasons for these choices; section I discusses delivery methods used by trade unions for their labour education courses and activities and the rationale for these practices; section J provides a case study of the Communications, Energy, and Paperworkers' Union of Canada; and section K contains conclusions and observations on PLAR. Also included is an appendix which contains a table summarising data and materials collected during the study.