Partner Spotlight – From Precarity to Power: Insights from Michelle Travis on the Hospitality Industry
An insightful interview with Michelle Travis, Research Director at UNITE HERE Local 40, as she shares her journey of union activism in the hospitality industry and discusses the importance of addressing precarity for workers. Gain valuable insights into current projects and the fight for fair treatment in the workplace in BC.
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Here’s how BC should protect app-based workers
Instead of acting immediately on its election promise to extend essential workplace protections to vulnerable app-based workers, the BC government embarked on yet another public consultation by launching a discussion paper in August. The deadline for submissions is September 30.
But is it a good job? Understanding precarity in BC
The pilot BC Precarity Survey aimed to address the lack of data on precarious work in British Columbia. The survey, completed by over 3,000 workers aged 25 to 65 in late 2019, provided a snapshot of the provincial labour market just before the COVID-19 pandemic. The study measured precarious employment in two different ways: standard versus non-standard employment and the Employment Precarity Index.
The results showed that 37% of the survey respondents had Precarious jobs, and the burden of precarity fell more heavily on racialized and immigrant communities, Indigenous peoples, women, and lower-income groups.
