Martin Jeff, Part-time MA Student

Jeff Martin
Part-time MA Student
MA Students
School of Labour Studies
Biography
A writer, marketing/communications pro, McMaster Labour Studies grad; Recorded with folk-rock act The Caretakers; Love cities, music, food, freedom, social justice, social democracy, my hometown Hamilton and Darjeeling Tea; Admire Pierre Trudeau, Stephen Lewis, Bernie Sanders, Noam Chomsky, Neil Young.
Worked 11 years in corporate sector management, and since 1999, as a writer and communications/ marketing consultant in the not-for-profit and public sectors. My goal is to better understand how work and the workplace can be restructured to address current trends including the rise of precarious work, the lack of adequate vacation/time-off, and the decline of employer-provided pensions and health benefits.