Standing Guy Precariat: The New Dangerous Class

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Precariat work currently takes up 80 % of jobs in the Canadian labour market, that’s a staggeringly high number but what about the remaining 20%? What type of jobs do they fall under and does that mean the remaining percent represents ‘’good jobs’’ that provide financial stability? That might not be all true, in the textbook Guy standings categorizes working class into seven different groups; ‘’ Elite are at the top of the hierarchy and there able to influence the governments, then comes the salariats with stable full time employment, benefits given by the employers and are able to transition into an elite group, next comes proficians is the mergence of technician and professional work and lastly is the decreasing manual employees… Standing Guy, Precariat: The new Dangerous Class. Huntingdon, GBR: Bloomsbury Academic, 2011’’ Precariat workers have no say on the type of work they’re assigned, pay, benefits and working hours. Why is that? Shouldn’t the precariate workers have a say in how they’re treated or scheduled ? …show more content…
Precariat jobs have a significant impact on the global labor market with over a million people working in these jobs. What’s causing a rise in precariat jobs? There are several factors; Technology replacing manual labor, cheaper labor in country such as China and India, and the retirement policy change allowing people over the age of 65 to continue working. A good percentage of baby boomers hold high positions that have good paying wages. This makes it hard for students who have graduated with a degree/diploma to find jobs in they’re related field of
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