Write about union formation, labour strikes and collective bargaining as all three are related to the general theme/topic of trade unionism. Similarly, you could write about the minimum wage, unemployment insurance and health and safety as all three are related to the general topic of regulation of work by means of law/legislation (as opposed to collective agreements). You are welcome to obtain literature from outside of this course to complete this assignment. engage with the literature by summarizing and reflecting. Feel free to use subheadings in your paper as a way of organizing your summaries/discussions of different readings or sub-topics (e.g., minimum wage, unemployment insurance and health/safety could be subheadings in one paper on the general topic of labour regulation by means of legislation in Canada). In the final paper, use your total word count wisely by aiming for brevity in all aspects. For example, when referencing scholarly works in your papers, do not burn your precious word count by writing the full or partial titles of journal articles or book chapters. Instead, use the authors/authors last name(s) and year of publication (e.g., According to Jackson and Thomas (2017) or Baines et al. (2017) argue ) to succinctly refer to your source. Also, you do not need to re-cite the same work repeatedly in the same paragraph or subsequent paragraphs where you are discussing that scholarly work, so long as it is clear you are discussing the same reading. If you wish to provide specific page references to the readings that you are writing about, simply use the page number(s) or page range within parentheses (e.g., (9) or (78-83)). Use quotes sparingly, if at all. Making such reasonable judgement calls is a critical part of the writing process. The final paper should meet the requirements in length, that is, 3500 words or thereabouts, slightly under or over that requirement is fine but resist the temptation to pad your essay. Likewise, do not adjust the font size, margins, include many quotes, or long quotes, etc. to increase the length of your paper.
