Project Goals

Restructuring Work and Labour in the New Economy is sharing its findings with trade unions and community organizations, researchers and decision-makers in government and business. At the conclusion of our three-year mandate, we will have produced rigorous research disseminated in scholarly publications and formats accessible to the policy community and the Canadian public.

The research objectives of RWL-INE include developing a profile of social, political, and economic transformations in the new economy and examining shifting institutional adjustments as a result of the effects of globalization. We also explore the impact of these changes on the social and cultural experience of work. While examining the proliferation of insecure and temporary work in the new economy, RWL-INE researchers are examining methods for creating quality work through public policy and employee participation.

Our main goal is gathering new knowledge from our research and directing it toward changes in work structures and policy-making, in order to improve the quality and conditions of work and community life throughout the country.