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Prof. Heejung Chung

@HeejungChung

Prof of Sociology @SSPSSR
Author the #FlexibilityParadox
Gender equality, flexible/homeworking, future of work, welfare state/attitude
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EXCL: Rishi Sunak’s controversial fund to support startups during the Covid pandemic invested nearly £2m in companies linked to his wife - Rowena Mason reveals
theguardian.com/politics/2023/…

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We need to reduce teacher's workload increase their pay and allow for more flexibility and Autonomy at work. Education is so important yet we treat the workforce so badly largely because it was a 'woman's work' based on patriarchal norms of what women's incomes meant

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The reason they are so eager to get you to worry about 'welfare scroungers' is to distract you away from the billionaire scroungers that actually exist and more likely to have taken away from public funds

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Or heavily tax fossil fuel vehicles that are really fuel inefficient- big ass cars and private planes- and make public transport super cheap or free.

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This. This. So. Much. This.
I argue that flexible working enabled squeezing out more work out of women in their 24 hours, essentially leaving no space for rest and leisure.

Women... as The Nap Ministry says 'Rest is a form of resistance'

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In short this white woman put several innocent black men in jail including one for 23 years and all she got was being struck out of the bar AFTER SHE RETIRED ALREADY.

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BREAKING 🚨 | Bosses will no longer able to punish striking workers, thanks to UNISON's Supreme Court win.

This is another crushing defeat for the government in court over its oppressive strike laws.

Monumental victory for UNISON - and the whole union movement!

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Wellbeing dashboard with Understanding Society
Created in collaboration with What Works Centre for Wellbeing, use this dashboard to build and download charts to show trends in key wellbeing variables. How do wellbeing levels vary across time, population groups and regions?understandingsociety.ac.uk/wellbeing-dash…

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