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24 Days in Brooks
https://www.nfb.ca/film/24_days_in_brooks/
This documentary follows a group of workers as they struggle to unionize in a meat-packing plant in Brooks, Alberta.
George Ritzer
https://socy.umd.edu/facultyprofile/Ritzer/George
George Ritzer’s McDonaldization of Society is an important book in the sociology of work. Students can learn more about Ritzer and his work at his faculty website.
Work, Employment and Society
http://journals.sagepub.com/home/wes
This is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes articles on the sociology of work, unemployment and occupations.
Working
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151804/
In his classic book Working (1972), Studs Turkel interviews people about their jobs and how they feel about them.
Office Space (1999)
https://thenewpress.com/books/working
Office Space is a comedic film by director and writer Mike Judge, which perfectly depicts the stressors of alienating and exploitative work.
Sorry to Bother You
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5688932/
This dark comedy is an exploration of class conflict and racial conflict, using surreal imagery to reinforce its analysis of workers and the contemporary workplace.
Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination
https://www.nber.org/papers/w9873
This widely-read research paper examines how indicators of race play out in a contemporary labour market, pointing to how inequities are reproduced and can shape people's experiences of looking for work.
StatCan: Labour
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/subjects/Labour
Statistics Canada provides a number of 'labour indicators', including information on how many Canadians work, how many work from home, how people commute to work, and more.
Lewis Hine - Getty Museum
https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/1566/lewis-w-hine-american-1874-1940/
Lewis Hine was a photographer of social life, and his photographs of labourers, including child labourers, in the early 20th century, and these photographs played a crucial role in the development of child labour laws in the United States.