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Precariousness during an ongoing crisis. Cultural workers and the corona pandemic
Author(s) -
Elstad Beate,
Døving Erik,
Jansson Dag
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/irj.12381
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , work (physics) , political science , precarious work , development economics , business , economics , medicine , mechanical engineering , disease , pathology , virology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , engineering , biology
This study examines precariousness among cultural workers during an ongoing crisis. A survey of Norway's largest trade union for performing artists 1 year into the pandemic shows that precariousness before the pandemic was amplified during the crisis. Lack of economic buffer and social benefits rendered economic insecurity most burdensome for those with precarious work arrangements. For future crises, we suggest that the authorities need to develop better targeted economic compensations for labour with precarious work arrangements.