Canadian women crab workers: 'empowerment' through ergonomics
Article
2016
14
48-51
ergonomics ; fishing ; working conditions ; food processing ; trade union document
Ergonomics and work environment
English
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"Quebec ergonomist Marie-Eve Major, Doctor of Biology, has set herself a mission: the continual improvement of working conditions for seasonal workers. We followed her for three days around a crab-processing plant on the island of Newfoundland, on the east coast of Canada, and were thrown into a world of hardship and solidarity."
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