Collective Organization and Legal Protection of Precarious and Informal Workers: Lessons from Canada and Brazil

Precarious employment is an increasingly common term used to highlight labour market insecurity (McCann and FUDGE, 2017). In Canada, precarious employment usually relates to atypical forms of work that can present all or some of those characteristics: limited or no social benefits and statutory entitlements, insecurity and low paid, high safety or/and health risks (Vosko, 2003). In developing countries, four out of five workers have no social protection and 2 billion work in in the informal sector (WBG, 2019). A more precarious labour market demands new ways to effectively protect people and to promote their capabilities (Kolben, 2016), regardless of their employment status (ILO, 2019). The objective of this proposal is to develop a comparative analysis on how Brazil and Canada guarantee acceptable working conditions to precarious workers, specifically by promoting and guaranteeing their right to organize collectively.

Faculty Supervisor:

Anil Verma

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Partner:

Universidade de Fortaleza

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Toronto

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