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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.
For Canadians hoping to emerge from the pandemic with better jobs, a stronger economy and reduced inequality, employee ownership combined with employee participation is a promising way to get there.
Staten Island’s Amazon union has proven that one of the most powerful anti-union companies in North America can be unionized.
Australia’s COVID vaccine rollout has now reached people of working age. Here’s what you need to know about taking time off for your shot and if you’ll get paid.
We need a holistic response that considers the systemic reasons that force people to lie about working.
COVID-19 outbreaks have occurred at more than 100 US meatpacking plants. Geography, workforce demographics and economic concentration make it hard for workers to fight for better conditions.
Bill Shorten’s promise to tighten the visa system for short-term skilled migrants won’t do anything for local jobs or wages.
Mexico’s new president has reduced his own salary and demanded that all federal workers
– including lawmakers and judges – take a massive pay cut, too. That may be illegal.
While pay and profit are not irrelevant in employees’ work decisions, there are other motivators.
All companies with over 250 employees would be required to have one third of its board comprised of employee representatives.
And it doesn’t involve immigrant bashing. Quite the opposite.
Work dominates many of our lives, often in ways that are detrimental to our health and well-being.
The Working Time Directive enshrines legal rights to rest periods, paid holidays and a maximum 48-hour working week.
When people get locked into the gig economy, it adversely affects other areas of their lives, from health to housing
New legislation has forced stronger action and might see the first walkout at Threadneedle Street in more than 50 years.
A new generation of workers has underpinned a successful election for Jeremy Corbyn. But can they be harnessed to recreate the power of the poll tax protests?
With Neil Gorsuch’s appointment to the high court, conservatives regain their 5-4 majority, which will likely benefit employers over workers.
Gig workers need to be aware of their contract terms and band together in order to maintain their working rights and pay.
A group of experts dissect what the re-introduction of the ABCC means for the construction industry and its workers.
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Affiliate Research Associate, School of Political and Social Sciences, University of Glasgow
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Professor of Economics and Political Economy, University of Leeds
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Associate Professor of Business and Society, Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Regina
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Faculty Lecturer and Academic Program Co-ordinator, Supply Network and Aviation Management, McGill University
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PhD candidate, Labour Studies, McMaster University
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Professor of Employment Relations & HR Management, University of Birmingham
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Reader in Organisational Behaviour, University of Liverpool
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Policy Director, Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute and Adjunct Principal Research Fellow, RMIT University
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University Teacher in History, Loughborough University
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Senior Lecturer Human Resource Management, University of Huddersfield
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Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Director of Studies, Loughborough University
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Professor of Management and Sociology, Vanderbilt 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