This article is based on a research project on the lived experiences of precarious workers in Toronto, Canada. Using interviews with women in part-time, contract, and temporary jobs in three sectors (telemarketing, retail, and garment), the project explores the ways in which racial hierarchies structure jobs as well as forms of resistance that…

A one-third random sample survey of 1,128 nonteaching, full-time employees (clerical, trades, technical, professional, managerial, and instructional support categories) of the Toronto Metropolitan Board of Education was conducted to determine their degree of interest in part-time work. The analysis, based on questionnaire responses of 458 current…

Toronto high school students were surveyed to determine some of their desires and experiences concerning work. (This report is the first of three on a study of Toronto secondary school students' attitudes toward work and unemployment.) Of 34,270 questionnaires sent, 29,499 usable responses were received, or 86% of the enrolled students. The data…

Research done during the last 10 years on part-time employment of secondary students was compared with results of a study of part-time employment in Toronto (Ontario, Canada). The literature has indicated that whether part-time work is beneficial or harmful depends on the amount of time students spend at work. In comparison with students with no…

A survey of 205 people, 4 group interviews with approximately 30 people, and 6 design and analysis meetings involving approximately 40 people were conducted in a 1999 participatory study of contingent workers in Toronto. (Contingent work was defined to be lower-waged forms of non-permanent work arrangements that include contracting, employment…