A global movement of low-wage workers is improving conditions for fast food employees and others in the U.S. and around the world. A Dartmouth labor historian examines the movement’s origins.
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The federal government’s bill to protect volunteer firefighters following a long-running dispute in Victoria will not solve the problems to which it was allegedly directed.
The response of the US Knights of Labor to mass immigration, 100 years ago, can help British Labour to resolve its immigration problem today.
The Deliveroo strike shows even gig workers can find ways to push back if they feel they are being underpaid.
Despite attempts to curb union power, they still exert a huge amount of influence over the Labour Party.
Donald Trump has emerged as a self-proclaimed hero of the working class, yet his policies and pedigree suggest he’s anything but.
The 2016 election has shown that when there is a close result, negative advertising can be a very powerful campaign tool.
With a popular state Labor government and premier in charge, the economy picking up speed and the state budget in substantial surplus, federal Labor had every reason to see Victoria as its own.
The ACTU’s main election campaign focus is to target 28 marginal Coalition seats, including 11 in NSW and six in Queensland: the key battleground states.
Lobbying in Australia is a multi-billion dollar industry which employs a sophisticated strategy to win public opinion and political favours for its clients or members. Here’s how.
Wal-Mart is the largest private employer in the world. The retailer’s size means it has huge influence on labor standards. A Dartmouth historian profiles the women who are pushing Walmart to improve.
The new regulation will allow millions more U.S. workers to qualify for overtime pay. Our experts assess the impact.
Moves to criminalise sex work are facing tough opposition from those in the industry.
Uber’s move to establish a drivers association is akin to the ‘yellow unions’ of the 1930s.
The Fair Work Act delivers a much more peculiar system of collective bargaining than many realise. It has outcomes that contradict the hopes and fears of both sides of the IR debate.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said that two-thirds of all industrial disputes in Australia are in construction, and that construction industrial disputes are up since the ABCC closed. Is that right?
With union membership at just 15% of the workforce and declining, trade unions are looking at new ways to build their membership bases.
Presidential candidates are using voter anger to fuel more divisions and discord rather than to start a conversation about the collapse of collective bargaining.
The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) said that casual employment has not increased in Australia for the past 18 years. Is that right?
It’s been more than 40 years since a French sex workers strike kicked off a lively global human rights movement, but their legacy lives on.
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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 of Business and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, 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 of Labour Studies, Brock University
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Sessional Lecturer, Australian Catholic 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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Emeritus Professor, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor, School of Labour Studies, McMaster University
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Senior Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney
