THE PROLIFERATION AND CONSEQUENCES OF TEMPORARY HELP WORK: A CROSS-BORDER COMPARISON
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25071/1705-1436.58Abstract
In the summer of 2008, we set out to hear from Ontario’s growingpopulation of temporary help workers, also known as, temporary serviceworkers. Having already conducted studies of temporary help workers in theUnited States, we sought to compare the working conditions of temporaryworkers in Ontario to those of workers south of theborder. We visitedtemporary agencies in Toronto and conducted in-depth interviews with over adozen temporary help workers. Their circumstancesare not unlike those of theirU.S. counterparts — they are not adequately rewarded for their vital on-call rolein contemporary capitalism and they become “stuck”in this relatively new typeof work, unable to find and secure full-time employment.Downloads
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