SOSC 1510 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Social Movement Unionism, Wildcat Strike Action, Permatemp
5 Sep 2018
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Technological determinism technology enabled the globalization of production processes, but other factors played a large role (the search for low-cost labour, the creation of global financial markets, and free-trade agreements). Luddite english workers who destroyed machinery, especially in cotton and woolen mills, that they believed was threatening their jobs. A person opposed to increased industrialization or new technology. Global commodity chain a network of labour and production processes whose end result is a finished commodity. Permatemp workers hired as temporary workers but whose status is not converted to permanent despite working in the industry for several years. They are unable to complain, report injuries, request wages or benefits. Virtual workplace a workplace not located in any one physical space. Usually in a network of several workplaces technologically connected without regard to geological boundaries, (via a private network/internet). A workplace that has multiple locations, but not necessarily the same all the time. Employees operate remotely from each other and from managers.
