Yanick Noiseux is Professor of Sociology at Université de Montréal and the lead investigator at Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire et interdisciplinaire sur l’emploi, la pauvreté et la protection sociale (www.gireps.org). His work focuses on labour transformation, union renewal and social policies in the context of globalization. He has recently published several articles focussing on the collective organization of precarious workers in Canada, Argentina and India.