1 Finding Better Ways Out of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 3
5. What Has Gone Wrong?
6. Finding Better Ways Out of the COVID-19 Pandemic 23
7. Globalization and the Rise of Bad Jobs 44
8. An International Perspective on Low-Wage Work 58
9. Globalization, Work, and Labour Market Deregulation 72
10. The Politics of Labour Policy
11. Provincial Governments and the Politics of Deregulation 89
12. Precarious Employment in the Federally Regulated Private Sector 107
13. Why It’s Hard to Organize a Union and Negotiate a Decent Contract 122
14. The Politics of Health and Safety at Work 139
15. Treating Temporary Migrant Workers as Disposable People 155
16. Poverty, Jobs, and Social Policy 172
17. Policy Barriersand Opportunities Across the Labour Market
18. The Low-Wage Service Economy and the Populist Moment 189
19. The Decline of Good Manufacturing Jobs 204
20. Neoliberalism, Austerity, and the Crisis in Care Work 221
21. Reforming or Eroding the Health Care Workforce? 235
22. Racial Exclusion, Discrimination, and Low-Wage Work among First Nations 252
23. Building a Better Future
24. Labour and Climate Change 273
25. Organizing for Better Work 289
26. In Search of a New Politics of Labour 306
27. Glossary 320
28. Contributors 333
29. Index 335