CS250 Lecture 12: March 12
13 Jun 2018
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Invited to send paragraph based on class engagement/participation (submit last class or in his
mailbox)
● Engaging with course materials outside of class, keeping up with readings
● Asking qs in guest lectures
● Attendance
● Participating in class
● Participating in group discussions
● Group presentations are good time for this
DROP IN OFFICE HOURS FROM 1-3PM WEDNESDAY
Workshop on wednesday - DAWB 2-106
Read the sharing economys dirty laundry bc one of our guests wrote this reading
Monday march 19th more guest speakers - called meaningful work and creative industries (tell
erin about this) → recent grads of usually comm → eg social media content producer at shopify
CLASS
● Discussed issues with jobs in creative economies
● What are individuals doing to try to create more sustainable jobs - people push back and
try to resist precarity
● Must ask ourselves - what are the alternatives?
● Must shift our assumptions that working people in general are not passive victims of
these problems
● Examples of pushback
○ Intern rights activism - canadian intern association has prompted legal changes
○ Independents unite - NYC, offers benefits for self employed ppl etc
○ Coworking - spaces where freelancers come together to share cost of basic
business amenities and remove isolation aspect, meet other people thru which
they may find gigs
○ Turned to labour unions - ways to bargain with employers, improve conditions
and build collective power
Co-operatives
● Type of business
Problems with sharing economy model
● Eg uber, air b n b, task rabbit where someone does gig for you
● Health and safety issues
● By law, people who perform gig are classified as independent contractors (meaning
employers do not have to meet expectations under law for traditional employees like
minimum wage)
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Document Summary
Invited to send paragraph based on class engagement/participation (submit last class or in his mailbox) Engaging with course materials outside of class, keeping up with readings. Group presentations are good time for this. Read the sharing economys dirty laundry bc one of our guests wrote this reading. Monday march 19th more guest speakers - called meaningful work and creative industries (tell erin about this) recent grads of usually comm eg social media content producer at shopify. Discussed issues with jobs in creative economies. What are individuals doing to try to create more sustainable jobs - people push back and try to resist precarity. Must shift our assumptions that working people in general are not passive victims of these problems. Intern rights activism - canadian intern association has prompted legal changes. Independents unite - nyc, offers benefits for self employed ppl etc.
