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Andy Hodder

@hodderandy.bsky.social
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Professor of Employment Relations, Birmingham, UK. Co-EiC: @ntwejournal.bsky.social. Posts about work, employment research (focus primarily on unions in the UK). With occasional posts on and music and football!

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) hosts a conference on Workers and Technological Change 10-11 December. Submit by 16 October. Open to "historians, economists, sociologists, political scientists and scholars of industrial relations" www.torch.ox.ac.uk/event/call-f...
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Call for Papers | Workers and Technological Change
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Global Political Economy Journal @gpejournal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Our latest issue is out now! Read Vol 5.1 for research on resistance to ICE, the materiality of money and part 2 of our AI Policy Observatory for the World of Work Symposium bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... #AIPOWW
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Mestizaje genealogies of precarity, survivance and joy: enfleshed poetics of reason and/as (political) pluridiverse life
Author: Sara C. Motta 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/26352257Y2026D000000058
Pages: 199–219
World order and the era of farce
Author: Owen Worth 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/26352257Y2026D000000062
Pages: 220–239
Documenting the repertoire of contentious performances in Minnesota and the wider US in response to ICE’s ‘Operation Metro Surge’
Authors: Andy Hodder  and John Kallas 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/26352257Y2026D000000059
Pages: 240–263
The materiality of money matters: how silver became world money in colonial South America
Author: Nicolás Aguila 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/26352257Y2026D000000060
Pages: 264–284
External conflict and currency competition in a globalised world
Authors: Rosaria Rita Canale  and Claudio Cozza 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/26352257Y2026D000000063
Pages: 285–302Commentaries
Sabotaging ordoliberal communitarianism: for a critical discursive political economy of ‘the local community’ in neoliberal Europe
Author: Gerardo Costabile Nicoletta
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/26352257Y2024D000000024
Pages: 303–317
Themed Section: Commentaries
AI governance under the second Trump administration: implications for labour
Author: Catriona Gray 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/26352257Y2025D000000052
Pages: 318–329
Regulation and governance of artificial intelligence in India
Author: Malte Jauch 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/26352257Y2026D000000055
Pages: 330–342
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
USA: Persecuted by Trump, Will Unions Build Towards May 2028? labornotes.org/blogs/2026/0...
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Persecuted by Trump, Will Unions Build Towards May 2028?
Three years ago the United Auto Workers, glowing with confidence after a successful strike at the Big 3 and pledging ambitious new organizing drives, put out a call for a national strike on May 1, 202...
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Who participates in #TradeUnion decision-making, and how? A new report, published jointly by the ETUI, the International Labour Organization and Massey University, explores current trade union actions, challenges and opportunities around the question of inclusive governance
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
House Republicans have advanced a bill prohibiting requirements for employers to provide access to rest, shade, and water in extreme heat.
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ITUC @ituc.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This International Youth Day, the ITUC celebrates the power of young people to shape a more just & sustainable world. 🗣️“When young workers have a voice at work, democracy is stronger for everyone.” luctriangle.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/4Bbe5yt #FightForDemocracy
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 10/08/2026
The energy crisis following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced families to adjust to high energy prices. In 2022, 79% of neighbourhoods cut gas use by at least 10%. Even London – the region that economised least – cut its gas use by 13%. Find out more ⤵️ buff.ly/ye6mOh8
Changes in use of electricity (left panel) and gas (right panel) by local authority: 20212022, England and Wales
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Ralph Darlington @ralphdarlington.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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Strikes & Social Conflicts - Call for Papers 8th Conference IASSC/Commodity Frontiers Initiative, Ghent, June 2027
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Unions, Labor Relations and Class Struggle…As Seen On TV @solongdentalplan.com · 05/08/2026
We're excited to announce that "So Long, Dental Plan" Unions, Labor Relations and Class Struggle…As Seen On TV is scheduled to be published in April 2027 by SUNY Press. Pre-orders will begin around X-Mass time.
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Unions, Labor Relations and Class Struggle…As Seen On TV @solongdentalplan.com · 06/08/2026
Finally, we bookend with @hodderandy.bsky.social & Benjamin Hopkins' much more exhaustive examination of "The Portrayal of Labor Unions and Strikes in The Simpsons."
We were left with six episodes where disputes were considered part of the storyline. We then watched these episodes (and within these episodes, specific segments) repeatedly, while taking notes individually. We brought together our individual analysis and used this to structure the chapter. We then consulted the official episode guide for seasons 1-20 as well as DVD commentaries for key episodes (where available) to see if further insights about the episodes could be gleaned. Three of these six episodes placed strikes at the center of the storyline, while three further episodes featured strikes as a secondary story. In this latter group of episodes, “Simpson Safari” begins when Homer causes a strike by bag packers at the local supermarket, “Labor Pains” features the organization of a cheerleaders’ union as a significant second story in the episode, and “The Winter of Our Monetized Content” includes a brief strike by school children undertaking labor in detention. Other more minor mentions of unions are listed as follows. An episode of “Klassic Krusty” (allegedly from 1961) is briefly shown in “Bart of Darkness,” and features Krusty the Clown interviewing AFL-CIO President George Meany about the once-perennial media topic, the “crisis in labor” (Meany is referred to as the “Chairman” of the AFL-CIO and, amusingly sounds more like successor Lane Kirkland than a plumber from the Bronx). Unions were also mentioned in opening ‘chalkboard gags’ in two episodes, although the actual plots did not relate to unions or labor relations.
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Andy Hodder @hodderandy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Really pleased to be part of this amazing book project! Out next year…
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Andy Hodder @hodderandy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The last paper in our special issue on Legitimacy and Employment Relations Research is out now (open access) in 'Industrial Relations’, coauthored with Genevieve Coderre-LaPalme, Colm McLaughlin, Ruth Reaney and Chris F. Wright. doi.org/10.1111/irel... @gencoderrelapalme.bsky.social
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Legitimacy and Employment Relations Research: A Review and Research Agenda
This article provides a comprehensive review of existing research and develops an agenda for analyzing legitimacy in employment relations. It argues that legitimacy should be understood as a dynamic ...
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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Every censorship campaign starts with a justification. Today it's "return on investment." Tomorrow it's sociology, political science, history, or any field that teaches students to critically examine society. newrepublic.com/post/213446/...
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Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees
Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.
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Lukas Lehner @lukaslehner.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Junge Absolvent:innen berichten immer wieder von Schwierigkeiten beim Berufseinstieg. Im Gespräch mit @kurier.at (Roxanna Schmit) ordne ich ein, was wir dazu wissen und wo die blinden Flecken liegen 👇1/2
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Anthropology of Work Review @anthropologyofwork.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Is your current/recent PhD research related to #anthropology of work and #labor? Still time to apply for the @saw-anthroofwork.bsky.social early career/grad student Community of Writing fellows! Deadline August 1st.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
300,000 Haitians legally living in the U.S. have officially lost their Temporary Protected Status this week. ICE is reportedly planning to target Haitian communities and fast-track deportations to Haiti, which is controlled by violent gangs and deep in crisis. Trump’s cruelty knows no bounds.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/07/2026
V&A workers hold ballot to strike over pay and heatwave conditions
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V&A workers hold ballot to strike over pay and heatwave conditions
Union calls for museum to become accredited London living wage employer and let staff carry water during shifts Workers at one of the world’s leading art and design museums are balloting for “heatwave” strike action. The ballot at V&A is taking place because of concerns about soaring temperatures and access to drinking water, along with pay and conditions. Continue reading...
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 25/07/2026
@lizshuler.bsky.social: “For all of those candidates who are already out there starting to run for president in 2028, if you want to hold the highest office in the land, hear these words: Working people should come before algorithms”
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Analysis: A powerful new coalition of AI skeptics is coalescing right in Trump's blind spot
Evangelicals, labor unions and anti-AI-data-center activists are part of a groundswell worrying about how fast technology is changing.
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404 Media @404media.co · 23/07/2026
NEW: A leaked document shows the reach ICE officials have access to agency wide, from location data harvested from smartphones, to facial recognition apps that can reveal someone’s identity, to tools that let the agency stay anonymous online and approach people undercover.
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Leaked Document Shows the Surveillance Tech at ICE’s Fingertips
From phone location data, to social media monitoring, to online undercover tools, a document obtained by 404 Media lays out the surveillance tech available across ICE agency wide.
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Erika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
When I ran BLS, I was asked constantly about the impact of AI on jobs. It's still one of the most common questions I get. So we put together a policy brief - for policymakers, journalists, and anyone trying to sort through what is happening with AI and jobs: siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
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What is really happening to jobs? Separating AI hype from reality
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
ITALY: Union Announces Labour Dispute Over Severe Heat in Venice Museums www.artforum.com/news/italian...
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Italian Trade Union Announces Labor Dispute Over Severe Heat in Venice Museums
The USB has taken the first step towards a strike after weeks of unchanged work in high temperatures in Venice museums.
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
📣 New publication! We've just released our anticipated report on #HeatExposure at work 🥵 'Climate change and workers’ health: Protecting workers against heat and other climate-related hazards' by Marouane Laabbas-el-Guennouni (ETUI) and Andreas Flouris (University of Thessaly)
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Alysia Blackham @alysiablackham.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Until we have dedicated and effective workplace surveillance laws, I argue we might challenge workplace surveillance as a form of discrimination. Just published open access in the Alternative Law Journal: doi.org/10.1177/1037...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/07/2026
When Maga’s power fades, we cannot abandon those ICE killed | Moira Donegan
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When Maga’s power fades, we cannot abandon those ICE killed | Moira Donegan
When this is all over, people will tell us to move on. But those who perpetrated this reign of terror must be held accountable
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Prof Mike Yearworth @mikeyearworth.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
“…over claims that it used artificial intelligence tools to tag workers for mass layoffs. The workers allege that those AI tools targeted them after they asked for protected or maternity leave or disability accommodation.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Meta used AI to tag workers who took leave to be laid off, lawsuit claims
Lawsuit filed by dozens of employees says people who took maternity or disability leave were disproportionately selected for layoffs
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
“The researchers struggled to confirm the full scale of the injuries, because ‘visual investigative techniques cannot adequately assess invisible injuries, such as chemical injury or chronic pain or hearing loss’. “‘The true number of injuries is likely far greater,’ the report adds.”
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‘Misuse’ of crowd control weapons on ICE protesters led to blindings and traumatic brain injuries, report finds
Doctors and human rights experts documented hundreds of incidents from June 2025 through May 2026 and estimate true number is ‘far greater’
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CERIC @ceric-lubs.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Read our latest blog New Rhythms, New Rules: Time and Work in the Digital Newsroom by CERIC’s Xanthe Whittaker. This blog is based on her recent publication business.leeds.ac.uk/dir-record/r... #digitalization #newtemporalities #digitalworkplace #labourprocess
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New rhythms, new rules: time and work in the digital newsroom
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Johnnie Kallas @johnniekallas.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Excited about this new article with @hodderandy.bsky.social documenting the role of different types of protests, including labor strikes, by workers in the Twin Cities organizing against ICE militarization earlier this year. It’s the rare timely academic read!
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Ralph Darlington @ralphdarlington.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Documenting the repertoire of contentious performances in Minnesota and the wider US in response to ICE’s ‘Operation Metro Surge’ bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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TonyDobbins @tdobbo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Big thanks to and solidarity with the fire fighters who have dealt with the fire on Conwy mountain. Essential labour saves lives ✊
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Ben Burgis @benburgis.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I'm in @jacobinmag.bsky.social today, defending Bernie's AI-nationalization proposal w/some basic points about the real-world effects of the industry, a little historical materialism, and an look at libertarian philosophy to see if the property-rights objections even make sense on their own terms.
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Everybody Should Welcome Nationalizing AI
Bernie Sanders wants to nationalize half the stock of major AI companies and create a sovereign wealth fund for the American people. The case for going even further is stronger than most people realiz...
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Andy Hodder @hodderandy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
A new article with @johnniekallas.bsky.social has been published open access in @gpejournal.bsky.social We create an 'event catalogue' of the extensive protest activities that took place earlier this year in Minnesota and the wider US in response to ICE's Operation Metro Surge. tinyurl.com/4bx45873
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Documenting the repertoire of contentious performances in Minnesota and the wider US in response to ICE’s ‘Operation Metro Surge’
This article outlines and critically analyses the repertoires of contentious performance used by activists in Minnesota and beyond following a surge in federal immigration enforcement in the United St...
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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 06/07/2026
They are trying to force some universities into bankruptcy. Total madness. Remember - they have pledged more money to a privately owned theme park than they‘re going to spend on the teaching grant.
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laborheritage.bsky.social @laborheritage.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Workers At The Guggenheim In New York Vote To Authorize A Strike Of the UAW Local 2110 members affected, 93% voted to authorize a strike. Find out more: tinyurl.com/5fnvjytc #MuseumWorkers #MuseumLife #NYC
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Workers At The Guggenheim In New York Vote To Authorize A Strike - Labor Heritage Foundation
Unionized workers at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York voted overwhelmingly in favor of authorizing a strike should current negotiations with museum administrators drag on. Of the affected workers represented by Local 2110 of the United Auto Workers (UAW), 93% voted to authorize a str
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Adam Golberg @cash4questions.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Some thoughts on the planned closure of @resprofnews.bsky.social . And what the lack of media coverage on the planned closure of Research Professional News tells us about what life might look like without a functioning trade media.
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Research Professional News has become the story…. | Cash for Questions: Research funding, policy and development
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 01/07/2026
Top CEOs make 285x what workers (who actually create the profit) do. The rich get richer while workers struggle to pay their bills. Corporate and billionaire greed is out of control. A union contract is how we can start to balance the scales and get our fair share.
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This number helps explain why many Americans are down on the economy
American workers' share of the nation's income is at its lowest point in almost 80 years, as more of the economy's gains flow to corporations and investors.
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 30/06/2026
The Trump admin limited OSHA’s ability to hold bosses accountable when they don’t protect workers from heat. 530 workers died from heat illness on the job in 2024. Now, much of the country is bracing for a dangerous heat wave this week. Workers deserve to be safe on the job.
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Heat dome to scorch major U.S. cities this week. Maps show the forecast and warnings.
A heat wave will blast much of the eastern U.S. this week, and forecasters say temperatures will feel even hotter because of the high humidity that's arriving with it.
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Study Hall @studyhall.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
ICYMI: @kimkelly.bsky.social on labor reporting, solidarity, AI, and the gig economy. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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The Necessity of Labor Reporting ft. Kim Kelly
Podcast Episode · The Study Hall Podcast · June 22 · 45m
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Liz Shuler @lizshuler.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Zuckerberg doesn't get to demand unprecedented levels of worker surveillance to train AI and then act surprised when sensitive employee data is exposed. Workers shouldn't be paying the price for Big Tech's recklessness.
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Meta pauses an AI training program that tracks employees' keystrokes after an internal leak
Meta pauses an AI training program after sensitive employee data leaks, sparking internal backlash and highlighting security concerns.
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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
University of Exeter plans to cut 150 jobs. The Russell Group institution said it is consulting its staff over “limited and specific potential changes” across some academic faculties. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
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University of Exeter plans to cut 150 jobs - Research Professional News
Staff consultation underway, with UCU claiming 14 per cent of academic workforce is at risk
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
🔥 With a severe #heatwave hitting large parts of Europe, the question comes up again, more urgently than ever: How do we adapt #work to rising temperatures and other #ClimateChange-related hazards ❓
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Please read this important investigation into how AI is being used to monitor bus drivers in Rochester, MN. ATU Local 1005 has been complaining of invasive surveillance. A city official acknowledged that the monitoring is "intrusive" in a message obtained via FOIA docs. Reporting by Isabela Escalona
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FOIA Documents Show "Intrusive" AI System is Monitoring Rochester Bus Drivers - Workday Magazine
Workers say the surveillance is invasive and leads to unfair disciplining of drivers.
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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Carney is anti-labour. Full stop.
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Mark Carney’s Government is Rushing Through Major Changes to Canada’s Labour Laws. Unions Say Workers Should Be Alarmed.
Unions are warning Carney is planning to place limits on the right to strike and deliver other items on 'Corporate Canada's wish list'
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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 15/06/2026
“The smells come and go, and you never know when they’re going to hit,” Tammy Allen said. “There’s one that smells like a dirty garage … and there’s one that smells like stale cigarette smoke.” @kansasreflector.com
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‘Stinks so bad’: Kansas residents worry smoldering landfill on a Superfund site is making them sick
GALENA — Tammy Allen’s front porch overlooks the trash-scattered hills of the Galena Landfill, built on an area once called Hell’s Half Acre.In the past three years, Allen’s house randomly began to…
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LSE Impact @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
🗣️"Even as fewer people share political content, those who continue to do so are increasingly drawn from the most polarised segments of the electorate" #Twitter #SocialMedia #Polarisation
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US social media is getting smaller, angrier, and more Republican - LSE Impact
Petter Törnberg shows how social media use in the USA has changed in the period 2020 – 2024 creating a smaller more polarised and less diverse public sphere.
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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 08/06/2026
Meeting that target requires pushing through longstanding headwinds in federal labor law that make organizing a union an expensive and arduous slog, while also confronting new assaults from the Trump administration. From @minnesotareformer.com
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AFL-CIO president aims to unionize 2 million workers in 5 years • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler made an ambitious pledge to unionize at least 2 million workers over the next 5 years.
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David Spencer @davidaspencer.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The Netherlands has also tackled unemployment by work-sharing with a shorter average working week than most other EU countries. Lessons here perhaps www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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What the Dutch can teach the UK about tackling youth unemployment
The Netherlands has one of the world's lowest rates of 16 to 24-year-olds not in education, employment or training.
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Andy Hodder @hodderandy.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Second general strike in Portugal in the last six months www.reuters.com/business/wor...
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Portugal general strike over labour reform halts trains, flights, shuts schools
A second general strike ‌in six months disrupted services across Portugal on Wednesday, halting trains, cancelling hundreds of flights and closing schools, as unions protested against the government's...
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 07/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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‘Historic’: Canadian warehouse workers sign first-ever union deal with Walmart
Union says collective agreement is just the start of a broader fight to unionize major employers across the country
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Ceri Hughes @ceridwenhughes.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
There's a 3-month Research and Communications internship going at the Global Labour Institute (Manchester) which might be of interest to current students or those looking for more experience in labour rights, education etc www.gli-manchester.net/2026/05/gli-...
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GLI Internship Opportunity – Research & Communications Assistant • www.gli-manchester.net
Location: Manchester, UK (Central Manchester office), office-based Hours: Flexible – up to two days per week (approximately 15 hours per week) Salary: Manchester Living Wage (£13.45 per hour) Contract...
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