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Care Work

Care Work. Class 1. Administrative. Give Quiz Return journals Return critiques. Review. Professions reflect specialized training, discretion in work and a code of ethics Managerial work reflects responsibility for outcomes of work that others do Emotional Labor

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Care Work

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  1. Care Work Class 1

  2. Administrative • Give Quiz • Return journals • Return critiques

  3. Review • Professions reflect specialized training, discretion in work and a code of ethics • Managerial work reflects responsibility for outcomes of work that others do • Emotional Labor • Women and discrimination in the professions and in management

  4. Today • What is care work? • Who does care work and how has that changed? • How does the labor market treat care work and care workers? • How does society treat care work and care workers?

  5. I. What is care work? • What kinds of paid occupations does it encompass? • How about unpaid work? • What does it signify when some people do work for free that others are paid to do?

  6. II. Who Does Care Work and How Has That Changed? • What kinds of people do care work? • How has this changed over time? • Why do they choose to do it? • What alternatives do they have?

  7. III. How Does the Labor Market Treat Care Work and Care Workers? • How are care workers paid relative to other workers? • Why? • What would happen if they were paid more?

  8. IV. How does society treat care work and care workers? • Do they have more or less status in the community than their pay and benefits signify? • Why? • How has this changed over the years? • Why?

  9. Next Time • Contingent Employment

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