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Working in a Global Era: Canadian Perspectives

Resource type
Author/contributor
Title
Working in a Global Era: Canadian Perspectives
Abstract
Now in its second edition, this reader presents a critical examination of the changing structure of work in Canada and abroad. Its focus is on the role of Canadian labour in the globalized world. Contributors include David Livingstone, Pat Armstrong, Meg Luxton, Dave Broad, and other prominent Canadian scholars. Each of the seven themed sections begins with a contextual introduction by Vivian Shalla and concludes with critical thinking questions and suggestions for further reading. --Publisher's description.
Edition
2nd edition
Place
Toronto
Publisher
Canadian Scholars' Press
Date
2011
# of Pages
408 pages: illustrations, map
Language
English
ISBN
9781551303
Short Title
Working in a global era
Call Number
HD 8106.5 W67 2011
Notes

Contents: Preface to the Second Edition -- Introduction. Section I: Contextualizing the Transformation of Work: Globalization and Neoliberalism. Capitalism Rebooted? The New Economy Might Not Be All That New / Dave Broad and Wayne Antony -- The Neoliberal Rollback in Historical Perspective / Thom Workman. Section II: The Reorganization of Work in the Manufacturing and Service Sectors. Auto Workers’ Learning in Lean Production / David W. Livingstone and Olivia Wilson -- Dialling for Service: Transforming the Public Sector Workplace in Canada / Norene J. Pupo and Andrea Noack. Section III: The Increasing Precariousness of Work and the Flexibilization of Working Time. Precarious Work, Privatization, and the Health-Care Industry: The Case of Ancillary Workers / Pat Armstrong and Kate Laxer -- Shifting Temporalities: Economic Restructuring and the Politics of Working Time / Vivian Shalla. Section IV: Racialization, Labour Migration, and Transformed Labour Markets. Racializing Work/Reproducing White Privilege / Gillian Creese -- Labour Migration and Temporary Work: Canada’s Foreign-Worker Programs in the “New Economy” / Mark Thomas -- Section V: Experiencing and Responding to Workplace and Labour Market Restructuring. Flows, Eddies, Swamps, and Whirlpools: Inequality and the Experience of Work Change / Janet Siltanen, Alette Willis, and Willow Scobie -- “Doing Something Meaningful”: Gender and Public Service during Municipal Government Restructuring / Diana Worts, Bonnie Fox, and Peggy McDonough. Section VI: Informal Care Work and the Balancing of Paid Work and Family Responsibilities. Mr. Dithers Comes to Dinner: Telework and the Merging of Women’s Work and Home Domains in Canada / Laura C. Johnson, Jean Audrey, and Susan M. Shaw -- Friends, Neighbours, and Community: A Case Study of the Role of Informal Caregiving in Social Reproduction / Meg Luxton. Section VII: Union Renewal and Alternative Organizing Strategies. Cross-Constituency Organizing: A Vehicle for Union Renewal / Linda Briskin -- Renewal from Different Directions: The Case of UNITE-HERE Local 75 / Steven Tufts.

Citation
Shalla, V. (Ed.). (2011). Working in a Global Era: Canadian Perspectives (2nd edition). Canadian Scholars’ Press. https://archive.org/details/workinginglobale0000unse_t4e0