Publication: Labour/Le Travail
Publication Date: 22-MAR-07
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Author: Jurik, Nancy C.
Article Excerpt
Cynthia J. Cranford, Judy Fudge, Eric Tucker, and Leah F. Vosko, Self-Employed Workers Organize: Law, Policy, and Unions (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press 2005)
THIS BOOK analyses the efforts of self-employed workers in four occupations--newspaper carriers, rural mail couriers, personal care workers, and freelance editors--to organize for collective representation and bargain to !reprove their pay and working conditions. The four case studies together with well-presented introductory and concluding chapters provide considerable insights into the limitations of labour law and the dominant model of industrial unionism for self-employed workers. Through this analysis, the authors also present important challenges to the routine classification of workers into dichotomous categories of the employed versus the self-employed. The book highlights the diversity of self-employed work experiences, and the degree to which many self-employed workers face a dependency and insecurity far more akin to that of employees than to the ideals of entrepreneurship with which they are more typically associated.
The introductory chapter provides an overview of the employment norm that is presumed by much of Canadian labour law since World War II. That norm is the "continuous,...
NOTE: All illustrations and photos have been removed from this article.
More articles from
Labour/Le Travail
Janet Hunter, Women and the Labour Market in Japan's Industrialising Economy: The Textile Industry Before the Pacific War, 22-SEP-07
Sandy Polishuk, Sticking to the Union: An Oral History of the Life and Times of Julia Ruuttila, 22-SEP-07
Melanie Nolan, ed., Revolution. The 1913 Great Strike in New Zealand, 22-SEP-07
Looking for additional articles?
Click here to search our database of over 3 million articles.
Looking for more in-depth information on this industry?
Click here to search our complete database of Industry & Market reports by text, subject, publication name or publication date.
About Goliath
Whether you're looking for sales prospects, competitive information, company analysis or best practices in managing your organization, Goliath can help you meet your business needs.
Our extensive business information databases empower business professionals with both the breadth and depth of credible, authoritative information they need to support their business goals. Whether it be strategic planning, sales prospecting, company research or defining management best practices - Goliath is your leading source for accurate information. |
