Dr. Simon Black

Associate Professor, Labour Studies

905-688-5550 x5350
simon.black@brocku.ca

Education

PhD, York Univeristy
MA, McMaster University
BA(Hons.), University of Toronto

Research Interests

Professor Black received his B.A. (Hons) in sociology from the University of Toronto, his M.A. in labour studies from McMaster University, and his Ph.D. in political science from York University. He is interested in the political economy of work, labour, and care. Black is the author of Social Reproduction and the City: Welfare Reform, Child Care, and Resistance in Neoliberal New York (University of Georgia Press). His past research has explored community-labour coalitions, community unionism and alternative labour movements (or ‘alt-labour’), and neoliberal restructuring and resistance in the child care sector. His current research focuses on the regulation of domestic work and on domestic worker organizing and collective action. Professor Black is a member of the Canada-Caribbean Institute at Brock.

Research Interests: Feminist Political Economy, Domestic and Care Work, Unions and Union Renewal, Alternative Labour Movements, Labour Standards.