{"title":"For the people? Regulating employment standards in an era of Right-wing populism","authors":"Mark P. Thomas","doi":"10.1080/07078552.2020.1802834","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Set in the context of the June 2018 election of Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative provincial government in Ontario, this paper examines the implications of Right-wing populism for the regulation of legislated employment standards. Focusing on the Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018, the paper argues that the Ford Government’s Right-wing populism served to legitimate legislative changes that undermine workplace protections and workers’ rights, and contribute to growing precariousness in the labour market.","PeriodicalId":39831,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Political Economy","volume":"101 1","pages":"135 - 154"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07078552.2020.1802834","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Studies in Political Economy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07078552.2020.1802834","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract Set in the context of the June 2018 election of Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative provincial government in Ontario, this paper examines the implications of Right-wing populism for the regulation of legislated employment standards. Focusing on the Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018, the paper argues that the Ford Government’s Right-wing populism served to legitimate legislative changes that undermine workplace protections and workers’ rights, and contribute to growing precariousness in the labour market.
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Studies in Political Economy is an interdisciplinary journal committed to the publication of original work in the various traditions of socialist political economy. Researchers and analysts within these traditions seek to understand how political, economic and cultural processes and struggles interact to shape and reshape the conditions of people"s lives.
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