Week 5
Part 1

Slaverys global comeback (Links to an external site.)
Sea slaves: The human misery that feeds pets and livestock (Links to an external site.)
The bitter truth behind the Nutella economy (Links to an external site.)
Child labor in your chocolate? Check out our chocolate scorecard (Links to an external site.)
Most of our clothes are made in places where workers rights are non-existent (Links to an external site.)
Zabbaleen: Trash Town. A whole community in Egypt that lives on rubbish (Links to an external site.) (video, 25 minutes)
Sex tourism and exploitation around the world (Links to an external site.) (text and short videos)

Part 2

What do free trade agreements mean for workers? (Links to an external site.) (text and two 5-minute videos)
How international labour standards help ensure the rights of all workers (Links to an external site.) (video, 3 minutes)
How we work to end slavery (Links to an external site.)
ILO fighting child labor around the world (Links to an external site.) (video, 1:30 minutes)
ECPAT: What we do to end the sexual exploitation of children (Links to an external site.)
United Students against sweatshops  (Links to an external site.)

Part 3

Migrants at risk: How U.S. policies facilitate human trafficking (Links to an external site.)
Reminder: Today isnt an equal payday for all women (Links to an external site.)
Domestic workers  (Links to an external site.)
Lives on the line: Human cost of chicken  (Links to an external site.)
Amazon [warehouse] working conditions (Links to an external site.)
Invisible workforce: How temp labor works in NJ (Links to an external site.) (video, 3 minutes)
Angelinos vs wage theft (Links to an external site.) (video, 5:20 minutes)
The gig economys false promise (Links to an external site.)
Uber: US labor board calls drivers contractors in blow to labor rights (Links to an external site.)
Why is modeling a bad job? (Links to an external site.) (video, 3:40 minutes)
Money, sex, and Las Vegas pool parties (Links to an external site.)
Engineer? Teacher? Sorry, that doesnt guarantee job security anymore (Links to an external site.)
Teachers are striking all over. Whats going on? (Links to an external site.)

Part 4

The ghost of precarity in employment (Links to an external site.)
The big, feminist policy idea Americas families have been waiting for (Links to an external site.)

Part 5

GPCC, chapter two, The laborer in the culture of capitalism (pages 47 to end [from Outsourcing ¦ to the end])

Discuss one labor/employment example from the web-linked assignments in terms of the characteristics of the working class.

According to GPCC, describe outsourcing and the labor movement; the creation of free labor; the segmentation of the workforce; control and discipline; and resistance and rebellion. Give an example of each.

Use the above concepts to describe one labor/employment example (from parts one to eight).

Describe The ghost of precarity in employment. Give examples from the web-linked assignments.

What is the “Big feminist policy idea for labor?

250 word minimum; no maximum word count. Display the word count at the end of your post.