The Hollywood actors’ strike is a watershed moment for the entertainment industry, marking a turning point for the future of labour in the arts.
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Some of the ways that streaming has transformed the industry are jeopardizing actors’ livelihoods.
While the pandemic undoubtedly impacted the aviation industry, its problems were already present prior to COVID-19. The pandemic simply intensified these issues.
The writers strike lays bare all the ills of working on one of the lowest rungs of the entertainment industry.
Will an increase in wages make federal government workers happier and more efficient while dealing with the public on taxation, public safety and a multitude of other daily and often frustrating issues?
COVID-19 transformed the workforce, including in the public sector. A complete reversal to pre-pandemic work models is unlikely, but there’s lots at stake as employers contemplate the future of work.
Striking pushes against the core capitalist dynamics also responsible for global warming.
Collective bargaining has worked well in other countries.
Junior doctors face immense pressure at work – and a growing number are choosing to leave the NHS as a result of these poor working conditions.
From the late 1960s to the early 1980s, more unionised workforces from Europe to Aotearoa New Zealand fought hard to keep wages abreast with inflation. But it’s unlikely that could happen now.
A scholar of religion looks at how faith helped guide the labor rights icon in his organizing endeavors.
While the scale of the strikes in both countries is historic, a scholar in employer relations notes the legislative conditions framing industrial action in the UK are much more restrictive.
France’s trade unions have managed to galvanise the largest movement in decades in opposition to pension reform. What will happen to them once the bill has been passed or abandoned?
The UK parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights has suggested changes to the strikes bill but even those may not go far enough.
Concerns about the credibility of pay review bodies could boost collective bargaining on worker pay.
U.K. health worker protests echo issues in Canada. They are also a harbinger of future labour disputes and systemic collapse if austerity, underinvestment and neglect of health workers continue.
Teachers find their workloads difficult to manage – and the government is struggling to recruit people to the sector.
Labour unrest at universities is a matter of public interest. That’s why support for local, independent media outlets to provide in-depth coverage of university strikes is so important.
Research shows household debt plays a role in workers’ deciding to strike.
Workers have gradually lost all powers to take industrial action when they feel conditions are unfair.
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