Welcome to our new COVID-19 and the World of Work blog that will explore and analyze the impacts of the pandemic on workers. We will feature original research briefs, opinion pieces, and media summaries by GLRC students, faculty, and community partners that address evolving issues related to work, employment, labour, and livelihoods. If you are interested in submitting to our blog, please pitch your ideas to glrc@yorku.ca.
Yes, we can win: Strategic labour lessons in the customer discourses of public transit organizations
September 2, 2022
Kritee Ahmed
Labour strikes back: A new hope awakens in grassroots organizing in the arts and culture industry
September 2, 2022
Howard Steinberg
A Basic Guide to the Employment Standards Act and Worker’s Rights in Ontario
June 10, 2022
Christina Love
Why Bill 88 falls short of supporting gig workers
March 11, 2022
Joseph Fantauzzi
Nothing to Lose but Our Chains: Attempting to Organize a Union During the Pandemic
February 14, 2022
Christina Love
Labour Day, the Pandemic, and Canada
September 2, 2021
Christina Love
More Than “Just a Health-Care Aide”: Immigrant Women Speak About the COVID-19 Crisis in Long-Term Care
July 9, 2021
Naomi Lightman
Is Amazon failing its warehouse workers?
March 25, 2021
Safi Yusuf
Better paid sick day policies needed to stop the spread of COVID-19
March 25, 2021
Safi Yusuf
The impact of COVID-19 on the housing precariousness of migrant workers
February 5, 2021
Mycah Panjaitan, Whitney Haynes, Marco Luciano, Deanna Neri, Lynn, Ethel Tungohan
Canada and the COVID-19 vaccine
December 11, 2020
Safi Yusuf