Work can be defined as the physical or psychological effort of doing an activity with the goal of producing results. Work takes a large proportion of people lives and it shapes their daily activities. It is one of the first questions we ask when meeting a person for the first time. It is the perception that our identity is linked to our daily tasks of work. However work is also a problem in people’s lives. Work is connected to a lot of social issues and is something people are always experiencing. The way work is structured in today`s society, has been influenced by the way it was organized in the past. The historical inequalities and discrimination in work, has been illustrated in Canada`s contemporary system of employment. This paper will
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This new system of working has caused many people to live below the poverty line in Canada. “Precarious jobs in Canada have been increasing since the 1990s and it is currently estimated that almost one-third of Canadian workers are employed in precarious jobs” (Mirchanilani 2011). Precarious work is defined as unstable employment that is poorly paid, insecure, little – to no benefits and cannot support a household. Mirchanilani states precarious work as, “…the predominance of immigrants and people of colour in temporary short-terin, and contract work” (2011). It provides the understanding of the racialized disposition of precarious work. The authors of “The Entrenchment of Racial Categories in Precarious Employment” by Mirchanilani et al. examine how racial determinants are rooted in the Canadian labour market. It focuses on the employment changes in politics and how racialization is fixed in precarious work. The examination of the racial order exploited the conditions and practices that establish and maintain racial groups. One clear argument the authors discussed was that minority women often work in precarious jobs like cashier, telemarketing and in retail and are often stigmatized as different and inferior. “Part-time employment is particularly prevalent among West Indian (65 percent in 2001) and Arab women (64 percent in 2001) (Statistics Canada, 2006). Furthermore the authors stated that 43% if visible minority women work in precarious employment compare to 37% of non-visible minority workers (Mirchanilani 2011). Such concept is referred to as "racialized gendering of jobs” which is defined as; women of colour are more likely to have multiple jobs for a short period of time usually less than a year, which the authors state as two indicators of contingency of precarious employment(Mirchanilani 2011) . This highlights the racialized system in work that visible minorities
This new system of working has caused many people to live below the poverty line in Canada. “Precarious jobs in Canada have been increasing since the 1990s and it is currently estimated that almost one-third of Canadian workers are employed in precarious jobs” (Mirchanilani 2011). Precarious work is defined as unstable employment that is poorly paid, insecure, little – to no benefits and cannot support a household. Mirchanilani states precarious work as, “…the predominance of immigrants and people of colour in temporary short-terin, and contract work” (2011). It provides the understanding of the racialized disposition of precarious work. The authors of “The Entrenchment of Racial Categories in Precarious Employment” by Mirchanilani et al. examine how racial determinants are rooted in the Canadian labour market. It focuses on the employment changes in politics and how racialization is fixed in precarious work. The examination of the racial order exploited the conditions and practices that establish and maintain racial groups. One clear argument the authors discussed was that minority women often work in precarious jobs like cashier, telemarketing and in retail and are often stigmatized as different and inferior. “Part-time employment is particularly prevalent among West Indian (65 percent in 2001) and Arab women (64 percent in 2001) (Statistics Canada, 2006). Furthermore the authors stated that 43% if visible minority women work in precarious employment compare to 37% of non-visible minority workers (Mirchanilani 2011). Such concept is referred to as "racialized gendering of jobs” which is defined as; women of colour are more likely to have multiple jobs for a short period of time usually less than a year, which the authors state as two indicators of contingency of precarious employment(Mirchanilani 2011) . This highlights the racialized system in work that visible minorities