Work and Labour: Critical Issues - Softcover

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Mark P. Thomas is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Global Labour Research Centre at York University. Andrew Jackson spent most of his career as Chief Economist and Director of Social and Economic Policy with the Canadian Labour Congress. Since retiring from the CLC in 2012 he has been senior policy adviser to the Broadbent Institute, and spent two years as the Packer Visiting Professor of Social Justice at York University. He is currently an adjunct research professor at Carleton University. He writes a bi-weekly on line column for the Globe and Mail and is the author of numerous articles and several books, including Work and Labour in Canada: Critical Issues which is now in its second edition. Adam D.K. King is an Assistant Professor in the Labour Studies Program at the University of Manitoba. He has published articles and book chapters on the politics and social consequences of deindustrialization, employment standards enforcement, union organizing, and labour market policy.

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Work and Labour in Canada, Fourth Edition explores the ever-changing world of work, critically interrogating how and why precarious labour, income inequality, and employer control are on the rise in Canada today. Thomas, King, and Jackson cover a breadth of pressing labour issues, including young workers struggling to find employment, older workers facing diminishing retirement prospects, new technologies reshaping work, and the shifting role of unions and other organizations. To this latest edition, the authors add conversations on basic income, climate change, and the after-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, addressing the economic, social, and political factors that shape workplaces through detailed analyses and the latest statistical data.

Written with students and instructors in mind, each chapter includes illustrative media excerpts, recommended readings, and discussion questions to guide classroom conversations, in addition to end-of-book appendices with useful online resources and suggested films and videos. Work and Labour in Canada is well suited for teachers, researchers, labour activists, and students of labour studies, sociology, political science, political economy, and economic geography programs across the country.