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Gigs, hustles & temps : how precarious work lowers wages, makes Canadians poorer and deprives workers of rights- while it empowers and enriches big corporations / Jason Foster.

by Foster, Jason.

James Lorimer & Company Ltd, 2023.

Precarious employment -- Canada.

Precarious employment -- Social aspects -- Canada.

Canada -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.

9781459417359 (pbk.)

248 p. ; 23 cm.

Jasdon Foster is a Professor of Human Resources and Labour Relations at the Athabasca University. He also serves as the director for the Parkland Institute, a research consortium of academics and advocates for a stronger public sector run out of the University of Alberta. Jason worked in the non-profit sector for years, as well as with the labour movement as the director of policy analysis at the Alberta Federation of Labour. With a wide public profile, Jason is actively engaged in the discourse around the state of work and welfare in Canada. He also serves as the president of the Canadian Industrial Relations Association.

Includes bibliographical references.

"'Gigs, Hustles & Temps' explains why precarious work contributes to rampant inequality, increased insecurity, and the crisis of public and mental health by offering a comprehensive, accessible, and informative account of what precarious work is, how it developed throughout the history of the 20th century, and who exactly precarious workers are in the early 21st. It assesses the negative societal impacts of precarious work, who wants to make work even more precarious, and how that state of affairs may change over time."--From publisher.

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