Frustration about unsettled bargaining that predates the pandemic could get channelled into pronounced resistance from educational workers during the coming months.
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The Ontario government’s latest use of the notwithstanding clause is at odds with its stated intention to keep kids in school amid a labour dispute — and at odds with the heart of labour relations norms.
Research shows that workers rarely call out unethical behavior or even just operational problems, in large part because they fear serious consequences.
Nigeria’s public university system has lost about 57 months to industrial action since 1999. This has implications for the future workforce.
Workers still need to approve the deal, which was brokered by President Biden in 20 hours of last-minute negotiations.
If any industry is crying out for unionization, it’s this one.
Public support for unions is at a near 60-year high. Meanwhile, self-organizers at major American chains are spearheading a new movement to mobilize.
Australia’s economic state in 1983 was very different from today: Bob Hawke wanted to lower expectations of government; Anthony Albanese is trying to raise them, even just a little.
Economic conditions today are very different from those that informed Bob Hawke’s 1983 summit – and that will affect what unions and the government can get from each other at the 2022 summit.
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Innovation in the digital space is not necessarily working for people in the global south.
If the labour movement can organize and mobilize working people in B.C. and Canada, the change could be significant.
The strength of the government and public support can make a crucial difference.
Two radically inventive new works of Australian graphic nonfiction dig deep into 21st-century life. They balance critique with hopeful possibilities – of collective change and radical acceptance.
Redundancies are an unfortunate fact of life for businesses, but companies can try to make the process of job cuts less painful for workers.
Collective bargaining carried out by unions can ultimately benefit employers, not just employees.
When it comes to dealing with Uber’s difficult working conditions, Uber drivers are on their own.
Inaccurate language in media reports about strike action misrepresents how unions work and denies members’ agency.
In an important step for an industry that has been accused of exploitative working conditions for decades, video game workers in Edmonton recently voted to unionize for the first time in Canada.
Starbucks Workers United has already organized 146 locations in about six months. While that’s a fraction of Starbucks’ 9,000 US stores, it’s one of the most successful labor campaigns in decades.
In this time of unrest, insecurity and fear, unions and their new, more diverse leadership offer a path to improving workers’ rights and repairing deep social and economic inequalities.
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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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Professor, Labour Studies, Brock University
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Professor of Management, Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Professor and Director of Labor and Employment Studies, San Francisco State University
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Professor Emeritus of Business, Wayne State University
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Associate Professor UTS Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
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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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Professor of Labour Law, University of Sydney
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