CS250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Precarious Work, Digital Divide, Creative Class
11 Apr 2016
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The other sharing economy : worker co-operatives in media and cultural production. Took over abandoned sky scraper built studio buildings for creative artists who are subject to precarity. Tendency to celebrate these sectors for contribution, economic growth, job creation. Pay little attention to precarity glamourized industries __ we must look at a more balanced perspective of the industries. Canadian intern association based in toronto network of young people raising awareness/ proposal of policies that would be alternative to unpaid work. Freelancers union- -ny based labour organization based on flexibly employed creative class: creating new organizations to mitigate challenges faced. Space that allows for community resource sharing and work tree house in kitchener. Opportunity for workers to re-develop social bonds. Co-working spaces in toronto and ontario have developed a cohip health and dental benefit plans solutions to lack of benefits offered to freelancers. Basic income automatic, unconditional and non-withdrawable income or every citizen and is not linked to work.
