I recently conducted an interview with a mother, a former temp worker struggling to get compensation for a workplace injury, and her son. The stress had caused considerable trauma—debt, depression and family breakdown. In particular, the mother’s relationship with her elder son had soured: he was “union” and did not understand their ordeal. The divide between the two worlds—union and non-union—is now deeper than…
Sara Mojtehedzadeh
Sara Mojtehedzadeh is a reporter for the Toronto Star, where she writes about labour issues and precarious work.