SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Fraser Institute, Canadian Alliance, Class Conflict
18 Apr 2013
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Siq readings sociology 1a06 colavecchia mcmaster university 2012-2013. Chapter 21: affluence, unemployment, and strikes in canada. An association exists between measures of strike activity and measures of economic well-being. Gdp is measured in constant dollars to eliminate the influence of inflation. # of strikes that took place in canada each year divided by the # of agricultural workers in the country=slopes downward on graph which suggests that when well-being is low, striking is high and vice versa. Gdppc hides that fact that most people are worse off because there is only a rise in purchasing power of high-income earners (minority of population) compared to middle and low-class earners (majority of population) During the first half of the 1973-2000 period, workers who were economically deprived and were least inclined to strike, and when they were secure in their jobs, they were most inclined to strike. The second half, after 1986, the relationship between unemployment rate and weighted stroke frequency virtually disappeared.
