SOC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Economic Globalization, Blue-Collar Worker, Precarious Work
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3 things lead to the decline in union density: globalization (mobile, neoliberal ideology, anti-union legislation. Equality of condition vs equality of opportunity. Condition: equal division of power and wealth. How do you measure union strength: union density, union density between canada and usa was roughly equal in the. What is the trend over time: trend in union density in canada: it"s been steadily decreasing since the 1980"s, between 1984 and 2010 inequality has increased. Economic globalization and inequality: greater interconnectedness primarily of the economy (communications, travel) increasing flows of commodities between different countries which becomes possible in the late 1970"s because of new technologies of shipping (transportation) 1: it affects workers ability to unionize and therefore affects the number of unions in. Mobility of capital: large firms can locate different aspects of production on different. Tuesday, april 12, y parts of the globe.
