Literature Review
‘Labour is labour’: Why Hamilton students are fighting for a living wage
Posted by Tristan Remple on December 26, 2024
To help make life in the city more affordable, Bodo and other advocates say, the City of Hamilton should pay all employees — students included — the designated living wage for the city: $16.45 per hour. They say this is particularly important now, as pandemic job losses have disproportionately affected younger workers, women, and part-time workers.
Poverty and the precarity generation
Posted by Tristan Remple on December 26, 2024
Much of the #GenYAsksY discussion focused on the reality facing young people in the modern workforce, which often includes employers engaging in contract flipping, “perma-temp” lifestyles, and the anxiety of entering an unstable economy with an average of $27,000 in student debt. It is clear that the problem is not just about the capacity of young people to get and retain long-term jobs with a living wage.
Over half of all Ontario post-secondary workers show signs of job precarity: Report
Posted by Tristan Remple on December 26, 2024
Fifty-three per cent of college and university workers in the province are to some extent precariously employed, according to analysis of Labour Force Survey (LFS) data. The study also includes first-hand accounts of the impacts of precarity from a recent survey of workers.
Starling Community Services
Posted by Tristan Remple on December 26, 2024
Starling Community Services (formerly Lutherwood) is a progressive, not-for-profit health and social service organization that strengthens people's lives by providing mental health, employment, and housing services to more than 16,000 people annually in Waterloo Region and Wellington County.
Lessons in precarity: New research is uncovering what it means to work insecurely in today’s economy—and how a corporate just-in-time mentality at Ontario campuses is transforming education.
Posted by Tristan Remple on December 26, 2024
When Ontario college faculty went on an unprecedented strike last fall, the central issues were academic freedom and working conditions, specifically the rise of precarious work. At least 70% of college faculty are contract employees (partial load, sessional or part time), earning significantly less than their full-time colleagues for virtually identical work. Many work limited hours, with no job security, and are required to reapply for contracts every four months.
The impact of transitional programmes on post-transition outcomes for youth leaving out-of-home care: a meta-analysis
Posted by Tristan Remple on December 26, 2024
This meta-analysis appraised internationally published literature investigating the impact of transitional programme participation (among youth with a baseline age of 15-24 years) on post-transition outcomes of housing, education, employment, mental health and substance use.