SOCIOL 1A06 Study Guide - Final Guide: Buy Nothing Day, The 100-Mile Diet, Fair Trade Coffee
21 Apr 2013
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Chapter 21- siq- brym: understanding strikes in canada. Post-1986: changes that have weakened workers and unions. Less risk going out on strike-> these patterns hold until 1986: after there is little correlation with unemployment and strike because union and workers weakened by government and shaped by corporate interest. Canada-> overall decline in strikes, decline in union density, legislative changes weakened unions and government cut backs. 3 adverse trends that might impact you post-graduation from mcmaster. Trends because of globalization and deindustrialization-> decline of manufacturing and goods production and expansion of service sector. Decline in the well paying and standardized jobs. Stratified service jobs-> bottom retail and food and top in business education and health. Deindustrialization-> globally affected increasing unemployment and greater income inequality-> gap between rich and poor. Strikers-> casualized mc jobs loosing their benefits and security-> mcmaster service strike-> not guaranteed set work hours with minimum wage. Work is polarized-> good and bad jobs.
