Low Paid EU Migrant Workers, the House, the Street, the Town.
Out tomorrow! 👇 bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/low-paid-eu-mi… EU Migrant Worker Catherine Barnard Sarah Fraser Butlin GYROS 🧡 Faculty of Law Bristol University Press Journals UK in a Changing Europe St Edmund's College, Cambridge Trinity College Selwyn College

The public seems to have a better understanding of who constitutes the “elite” than certain postliberal academics

.Tonia Novitz's new book on labour, trade and sustainable development is out! No doubt will soon become a touchstone in the area.

elgaronline.com/monobook/book/…

The first time since the CIO’s “Operation Dixie” that a southern auto plant has been organized

Fantastic to have Professor Jennifer Gordon from Fordham Law in Bristol today. She’s presenting some of her recent research on the labour market experiences of Venezuelan migrants in Brazil and Columbia here.

This thread on Mercer is brilliant, of course.

I think there is enough in #Mercer that can be extracted that casts very strong doubt on the ability of a (university) employer to deduct salary in full for the duration of an industrial dispute - ASOS not strike - despite an employee performing (say) 75% of contr. duties

unison.org.uk/news/2024/04/s…

Call For Papers: Cornell Work Law Junior Scholar Workshop, Nov 8-9, 2024.

Spread the word, submit, and get feedback on your work in progress from our wonderful commentators: Matt Bodie Veena Dubal Noah Zatz Hiba Hafiz

Yiran Zhang Cornell ILR School

docs.google.com/document/d/1gZ…

Really sad to hear this. A great loss to the labour movement but Jane’s inspiration will live on through her many important books. ‘No Shotcuts: Organizing For Power’ should be read by every trade union activist.

Join us at Bristol Law School! jobs.ac.uk/job/DGU263/lec…

“The UK is, at great future cost, bankrolling a university system that in no way resembles the world it was supposed to expand.”

newstatesman.com/politics/2019/…

📢NEW REPORT
Today we launch our latest #research on recruitment to the Seasonal Worker Scheme in UK #agriculture .
Interviews with 400+ #workers found many face debt and misinformation❌
🌱The report: bit.ly/3TKoDSp
📰As reported by Financial Times: bit.ly/3U20k2v

Visas created hastily to solve labour shortages as a result of Brexit have put workers at greater risk of modern slavery and exploitation - great to see this coverage of our research on care and agricultural workers by Emily Dugan theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

The Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority, whose role is to protect vulnerable & exploited workers and to investigate labour exploitation, has had its funding cut for 2024-25. Its budget has fallen by almost £2m in real terms compared with five years ago theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

Thanks to Rebecca Zahn for reviewing our publication (Katie Bales (she/her)). A copy of the review which contains the link to download the publication 👇