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While previous auto plant closures have seen many workers become long term unemployed, but firms, unions and the government have worked hard to retrain and transition workers.
The administration’s objectives for NAFTA negotiations with Canada and Mexico, set to begin in August, will do little to help American workers, let alone create shared prosperity across the continent.
There are some different strategies unions are now considering to help these organisations survive in a changing economy.
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?
Jobs and labour rights are at the centre of the candidates’ campaigns in the Iranian presidential election.
With the Conservatives trying to muscle in on traditional Labour territory by painting themselves as the party of workers, it’s worth taking a closer look at their promises.
It is important to take serious the increasing risk of those who work but remain in poverty. When the population feels that it is losing even if it respects the rules of the game, populism increases.
People will still be needed on factory floors, even as robots become more common. Future operators will have technical support and be super-strong, super-smart and constantly connected.
As tax day approaches, here’s a primer on how your dollars help fund the U.S. government, and how your share has probably increased.
Breach of a psychological contract in the workplace can irreparably damage relationships and produce a number of undesirable outcomes.
The obstacles workers face in successfully pursuing their entitlements and the inadequacy of our current penalties to deter underpayments means problems with franchises will remain.
The number of “knowledge workers” in Australia is rising but they present a unique challenge to managers.
Australia’s labour market does a relatively good job of accommodating the preferences of the majority of workers. But that’s not to say there’s no-one who wouldn’t prefer to work more – or less.
Despite its promises, people analytics has serious ethical implications and can adversely affect organisations and how people are treated at work.
A major shift to an industrial relations model that benefits all parties will only happen with the utmost co-operation of Australian workers, unions and – most crucially – employers.
Regions that offer adquate amenities for residents have the best chance of converting long-distance commuters into the sort of new residents who can sustain regional prosperity.
In work poverty is a sign the icy tide of capitalism is now lapping at our ankles in the global north.
When workers don’t have leave and are in temporary employment, new research suggests they are likely to use small acts of deviant behaviour to find satisfaction in work.
Theresa May has dropped her pledge to put workers on company boards. It’s a big concession to vested business interests.
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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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Associate Professor of Business, Boston University
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Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Affiliate Research Associate, School of Political and Social Sciences, University of Glasgow
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Professor and Director of Labor and Employment Studies, San Francisco State University
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Professor, Labour Studies, Brock University
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Associate Professor, University of Cape Town
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Professor Emeritus of Business, Wayne State University
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Global Fellow at the Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition, Associate Professor at the University of Arizona, University of Arizona
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Professor of Employment Relations & HR Management, University of Birmingham
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