TAKING BACK OUR JOBS TAKING BACK OUR ENVIRONMENT KB/jhcope343

ACTIVITY “What is a – GOOD – Green Job?” Your task: Read through these “Green Job” descriptions Read through these “Green Job” descriptions As a group discuss what makes this a “Good” job. As a group discuss what makes this a “Good” job. As a group discuss what makes this a “Bad” job. As a group discuss what makes this a “Bad” job. Be prepared to explain your answers to the class. Be prepared to explain your answers to the class.

Trends in Precarious Work

Part time and Temporary Work in Canada 2008

Temporary Work – Ontario

Part Time Work – Ontario

Part-time by choice in Canada ? 1 in 10 part-time workers can’t find a full-time job 1 in 5 part-time workers can’t find a full-time job Because of poor economic conditions

Temporary Work as a % of Total – Ontario

Who is in Precarious Work? Immigrants Women Young people Workers of Colour Aboriginal Workers

Who is Pushed into Precarious Work? Laid-off workers Workers with no pensions

CAW Tracking Study Collins-Aikman, Chrysler, Kitchener Frameworks Survey of laid off members: Workers that found at least one job ……….. 25% Proportion of those jobs full-time ……………29% Proportion of immigrants who found a job, that got full-time work ……………………………15% More than half of workers who found a job took a pay cut of over $10 an hour

Creating “Good” Green Jobs in London

1. Think ahead 10 years, after our “Good, Green Jobs” Campaign was successfully What’s different about that London than this London? 2. What’s one thing holding us back from getting there? Activity: Framing the future

THE RIGHT BALANCE