PEPSO book on precarious jobs launched

PEPSO book on precarious jobs launched

The authors Stephanie Procyk, Wayne Lewchuk and John Shields

BOOK LAUNCH: Precarious Employment, Causes, Consequences and Remedies

Jobs are fewer, and shorter, and they lack security, stability, and benefits.

McMaster professor Wayne Lewchuk, and public policy analyst Stephanie Procyk with United Way Toronto and York recently launched their edited volume “PEPSO: Precarious Employment, Causes, Consequences and Remedies” on Thursday January 18.

This collection of essays introduces and explores the causes and consequences of precarious employment in Canada and across the world.

Included in the book are chapters authored by Philippine studies and diaspora scholars Philip Kelly, Conely de Leon and Jennilee Austria. The authors illustrate how precarious employment is created among different populations and describe the accompanying social impacts on racialized immigrant women, those in the non-profit sector, temporary foreign workers and the children of Filipino immigrants.

Starting in 2010, the research project was conducted in partnership with over 30 university, community sector, labour, government and media partners developed to meet the need of data on trends in precarious employment and to encourage policy debate and further research.

For more info, visit https://pepso.ca/publications

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Philip Kelly, Conely de Leon and Jennilee Austria.

The crowd at the book launch.