Work Thinkers of the Present

Michael Burawoy - has put his gifted abilities as a researcher and author into the practical of getting at the experience of workers. He has also blazed the trail on research techniques in the study of work. He has recently been involved in examining the transition of the Russian economy from its soviet union past.

Pat Armstrong - a leader amongst the many women who have been theorizing, quantifying, restructuring and updating the notions of women and work in society. Pat has played a big part in the attempts at leveling the playing field between men and women in the paid and unpaid world of work. Focusing on questions of unequal pay, women's rights and various other issues. Recently Pat has been championing the merits of the public health care system in Canada, amidst the quests by others to dismantle it. A really wonderful individual as well.