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week 5 discussion society
Week 5
Part 1
- “Slavery’s global comeback” (Links to an external site.)
- “’Sea slaves’: The human misery that feeds pets and livestock” (Links to an external site.)
- “The bitter truth behind the Nutella economy” (Links to an external site.)
- “Child labor in your chocolate? Check out our chocolate scorecard” (Links to an external site.)
- “Most of our clothes are made in places where workers’ rights are non-existent” (Links to an external site.)
- “Zabbaleen: Trash Town. A whole community in Egypt that lives on rubbish” (Links to an external site.) (video, 25 minutes)
- “Sex tourism and exploitation around the world” (Links to an external site.) (text and short videos)
Part 2
- “What do free trade agreements mean for workers?” (Links to an external site.) (text and two 5-minute videos)
- “How international labour standards help ensure the rights of all workers” (Links to an external site.) (video, 3 minutes)
- “How we work to end slavery” (Links to an external site.)
- “ILO fighting child labor around the world” (Links to an external site.) (video, 1:30 minutes)
- “ECPAT: What we do to end the sexual exploitation of children” (Links to an external site.)
- “United Students against sweatshops” (Links to an external site.)
Part 3
- “Migrants at risk: How U.S. policies facilitate human trafficking” (Links to an external site.)
- “Reminder: Today isn’t an equal payday for all women” (Links to an external site.)
- “Domestic workers” (Links to an external site.)
- “Lives on the line: Human cost of chicken” (Links to an external site.)
- “Amazon [warehouse] working conditions” (Links to an external site.)
- “Invisible workforce: How temp labor works in NJ” (Links to an external site.) (video, 3 minutes)
- “Angelinos vs wage theft” (Links to an external site.) (video, 5:20 minutes)
- “The gig economy’s false promise” (Links to an external site.)
- “Uber: US labor board calls drivers contractors in blow to labor rights” (Links to an external site.)
- “Why is modeling a bad job?” (Links to an external site.) (video, 3:40 minutes)
- “Money, sex, and Las Vegas pool parties” (Links to an external site.)
- “Engineer? Teacher? Sorry, that doesn’t guarantee job security anymore” (Links to an external site.)
- “Teachers are striking all over. What’s going on?” (Links to an external site.)
Part 4
- “The ghost of precarity in employment” (Links to an external site.)
- “The big, feminist policy idea America’s families have been waiting for” (Links to an external site.)
Part 5
- GPCC, chapter two, “The laborer in the culture of capitalism” (pages 47 to end [from “Outsourcing …” to the end])
Discuss one labor/employment example from the web-linked assignments in terms of the characteristics of the working class.
According to GPCC, describe outsourcing and the labor movement; the creation of free labor; the segmentation of the workforce; control and discipline; and resistance and rebellion. Give an example of each.
Use the above concepts to describe one labor/employment example (from parts one to eight).
Describe “The ghost of precarity in employment.” Give examples from the web-linked assignments.
What is the “Big feminist policy idea” for labor?
250 word minimum; no maximum word count. Display the word count at the end of your post.