Sociology 2169 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Blue-Collar Worker, Survival Skills
8 Mar 2017
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Blue collar work: variety of jobs that involve manual labour/physical, the primary industry, work in crafts and trades, manufacturing and machining, 1/4 of the canadian working population. Primary industry work: mining, fishing, logging, agriculture, the primary industries have been altered by 4 key trends, mechanization, producing much more with the technology that we have today, consolidation, capitalization. Job characteristics: high levels of unemployment rates, tend to be male dominated, employment trends: Industry work varies in terms of stability: some work is seasonal and temporary, vulnerable no economic trends, little opportunity for upward mobility. Survival skills and good pay: trials of learning a non-traditional craft (ex. Overcoming socialization of working in a non- traditional job, learning to use the tools of the environment, gaining self esteem over time) Issue of balancing work and family is always an issue. White collar managerial work: clerical work, administrative, sales, and technical work, bureaucratization, rationalization, typically working in offices, 33% of the canadian population.
