Women's Studies 2244 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Global City, Visible Minority, Social Reproduction

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2244
• Professor: Jessica Polzer

Document Summary

Do not disturb/please clean room: hotel housekeepers in greater toronto liladrie. This study of the experiences of hotel housekeepers in toronto, who are predominantly immigrant women of colour, reveals the damaging health impact of their work. Hotel housekeeping work has become more physically demanding and burdensome, resulting in the majority of workers experiencing a high degree of pains and injuries. This industry is highly racialized - those at the bottom vulnerable to being discarded as they approach retirement age and their health deteriorates. Gta - 30,000 people work in the hotel/housekeeping industry. 93% are immigrants, 82% are visible minorities, and 80% are women. Wages for housekeeping = ,000 (falling short of low-income cut-off of. Lots of work-related pain/injury/illness in this field of work. Global cities: the sites where key functions and resources for the management and coordination of global economic processes are located.