GGR124H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Precarious Work, Global Warming, Job Security
14 May 2019
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Labour market is always being constructed and reconstructed. Social movement: a loosely organized but sustained campaign in support of a social goal, typically either the implementation or the prevention of a change in society"s structure or values. It is an example of social movement because it is all over the province and world: emerged from nyc (1) mcdonalds workers, large firms are 5x more likely to pay minimum wages than smaller. Cooperative firms: a farm, business, or other organization which is owned and run jointly by its. B. members, who share the profits or benefits. It might look like any other business, but you have a much more democratic structure on how decisions are made: a lot of co-ops that have starting wages that are /hour. Idea of democracy in the workplace is crucial, employees want a say what happens at work. In a union environment, an employee can only be dismissed with just cause: cooperative.
