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TAKING BACK OUR JOBS. TAKING BACK OUR ENVIRONMENT KB/jhcope343. ACTIVITY “What is a – GOOD – Green Job?”. Your task: Read through these “Green Job” descriptions As a group discuss what makes this a “Good” job. As a group discuss what makes this a “Bad” job.
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TAKING BACK OUR JOBS TAKING BACK OUR ENVIRONMENT KB/jhcope343
ACTIVITY “What is a – GOOD – Green Job?” Your task: • Read through these “Green Job” descriptions • As a group discuss what makes this a “Good” job. • As a group discuss what makes this a “Bad” job. • Be prepared to explain your answers to the class.
Part-time by choice in Canada ? • Because of poor economic conditions 1 in 5 part-time workers can’t find a full-time job 1 in 10 part-time workers can’t find a full-time job
Who is in Precarious Work? • Immigrants • Women • Young people • Workers of Colour • Aboriginal Workers
Who is Pushed into Precarious Work? • Laid-off workers • Workers with no pensions
CAW Tracking Study Collins-Aikman, Chrysler, Kitchener Frameworks • Survey of laid off members: • Workers that found at least one job ……….. 25% • Proportion of those jobs full-time ……………29% • Proportion of immigrants who found a job, that got full-time work ……………………………15% • More than half of workers who found a job took a pay cut of over $10 an hour
Activity: Framing the future • Think ahead 10 years, after our “Good, Green Jobs” Campaign was successfully What’s different about that London than this London? 2. What’s one thing holding us back from getting there?