- Migrant farm workers often have legal restrictions or effective barriers on exercising their rights. Explore what those are and provide your opinion as to how migrant farm worker rights in Canada could be better protected. (Migrant workers)
- The idea of a universal basic income (or UBI, also known as a Guaranteed Annual Income) has been discussed for decades but has yet to be broadly implemented. Review the potential impacts of a UBI in Canada and discuss whether you think a UBI would be a positive or negative policy to implement for Canada, and why. (Automation and the Future of Work)
- Modern technology offers us the ability to make work more pleasant, less dangerous, and reduce how many hours we need to work to accomplish the same productivity. Despite this, many technological developments are used to increase profits for the employer, intensify the work, or reduce the workforce through layoffs. Explore how we could ensure technology is used to benefit workers, whether you think this is a useful goal, and why. (Automation and the Future of Work)
- Many analysts believe that successfully mitigating or eliminating catastrophic climate change will require a major economic transition in the coming 10-20 years. Recent proposals to do so include the Leap Manifesto and the Green New Deal. Broadly assess the impact programs like these would have on the workplace and consider as part of your analysis the workplace power relationships we have discussed in this course.
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