In the age of AI we are once again hearing about Luddites, the 19th-century textile workers who sought to protect their livelihoods in early industrial England.
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In nations as far apart as Australia, Canada, Indonesia and the UK, this is how a historic court decision could make it easier for unions to go on strike in future.
The pressure on Keir Starmer is relentless – but any challenge won’t play out like the prime ministerial topplings of the previous government.
The optional new rules aim to make things easier for ‘innovative’ startups and SMEs, but they could also erode workers’ rights.
Less than 4% of young workers now belong to a union.
The employment rights bill will affect the working conditions of millions of people in the UK.
Thursday, 18 September is a day of national strike action in France.
What role have strikes played in French history? What meaning do they have today?
It has been suggested that Tesla’s dispute with a Swedish union could damage wellbeing and prosperity in the country.
For the public service, strikes are generally a last resort. But there are other sources of union power – in particular, deep connections to the voting public.
Trade unions are vital to designing new European labour laws that actually protect workers.
Sociologist Tom Vickers tells what happened – and how Amazon reacted – when workers won a vote on official recognition in Coventry. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
The ballot of GMB members at Amazon’s Coventry site gives useful insights into how to stand up to large employers.
While the issues within one of Australia’s most powerful unions need urgently addressing, fixing the conditions that keep women out of the industry looms as a much larger problem.
The Fair Work Commission’s general manager, Murray Furlong, is moving for the appointment of administrators into the construction division of the CFMEU, following a string of allegations.
Labor’s national executive will meet on Thursday to deal with requests to suspend the union’s affiliations in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.
By Monday morning the CFMEU national secretary Zach Smith had put the Victorian branch into administration.
When Labour has gained power, these three problems have reared their heads.
Eddie Webster inspired generations of scholars with his vision and practice of critically engaged scholarship, in South Africa and worldwide.
The picket lines have brought surprising levels of success.
Paid domestic work has a low status in South Africa. The labour of domestic workers is often undervalued and unrecognised.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Affiliate Research Associate, School of Political and Social Sciences, University of Glasgow
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Associate Tutor, University of Surrey
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Distinguished Reserach Professor, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Employment Relations, GEM
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Senior lecturer, University of Edinburgh
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Distinguished Professor of Workplace Law, RMIT University
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Emeritus Professor, Macquarie University
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Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future Work, Melbourne; and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Lecturer in Politics, Edge Hill University
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Principal Lecturer (Learning and Teaching), Teesside University
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Professor of Work and Labour Market Policy, University of Sydney
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Economist and Director, Centre for Future Work, Australia Institute; Honorary Professor of Political Economy, University of Sydney
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Professor of Work and Employment Relations, University of Leeds
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Professor of Work and Employment, University of Glasgow