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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.
A regional director of the National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint over instances of anti-union practices at Starbucks. And that was before the company’s boss threatened to withhold wages.
The custodians of one of Hollywood’s most reliable cash machines have been careful to sidestep political minefields that might remind customers of a realm outside the Magic Kingdom.
Amazon can become the Earth’s best employer, but this must involve democratizing the workplace, recognizing the legitimate right of employees to organize and cooperating with labour representatives.
Staten Island’s Amazon union has proven that one of the most powerful anti-union companies in North America can be unionized.
Successful union drives at two of America’s biggest companies were led by committed individuals, rather than established unions.
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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 of Management, Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Professor, Labour Studies, Brock University
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Professor Emeritus of Business, Wayne State University
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Professor and Director of Labor and Employment Studies, San Francisco State University
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Associate Professor UTS Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor Emeritus of Management, Colorado State University
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Associate Tutor, University of Surrey
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Associate Professor, School of Labour Studies, McMaster University
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Associate Professor of Labour Studies, Brock University
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Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future Work, and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Sessional Lecturer, Australian Catholic University
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Emeritus Professor, Macquarie University
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Professor of Work and Employment, University of Glasgow
