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An ISI-ranked, peer-reviewed international journal administered by the Australian Labour and Employment Relations Association (ALERA) 📎 journals.sagepub.com/home/JIR #industrialrelations

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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
2024: Tobias Kalt Agents of transition or defenders of the status quo? Trade union strategies in green transitions doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🎉 Previous winners 2025: Caroline Lloyd and Jonathan Payne Digitalisation, unions and ‘country-effect’: Does union strength at the workplace matter? doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Nominations are open for the 2026 JIR Joe Isaac Award. The winner will receive AUD 945 and a JIR Joe Isaac Award Certificate. Nominations close 14 November 2026 👉 journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm... #IndustrialRelations #ComparativeResearch #EmploymentRelations #JIR
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
2024: Sue Williamson and Linda Colley Regulating for gender equality in the Australian Public Service: Extending Dickens’ tripod of regulation doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
2025: Jane Parker, Patricia Loga, Selu Paea and Amanda Young-Hauser Whose equity? What equity? The role of Pacific staff networks in progressing gender and intersectional equity at work doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Nominations are open for the 2026 #JIR Fran Hayes Award #industrialrelations ‼️ Nominations close 14 November 2026. The winner will receive AUD 945 and a JIR Fran Hayes Award Certificate. Previous winners 👇
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The recent allegations surrounding Australia’s CFMEU have generated enormous political and media attention. Eugene Schofield-Georgeson asks: why did corruption emerge in the first place? doi.org/10.1177/0022... #IndustrialRelations #TradeUnions #CFMEU #LabourLaw #ConstructionIndustry #WorkersRights
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Nominations are now open for the 2026 @journals.sagepub.com Journal of Industrial Relations Annual Prizes Two prizes will recognize outstanding research published in #JIR during 2025 #JIR2025 #industrialrelations #FranHayes #JoeIsaac #Awards 🗓️ Deadline: 14 November 2026
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What happens to trade unions when far-right political actors gain influence? doi.org/10.1177/0022... 👉 Vicente Silva + Juan Jacobo Velasco examines this question in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay @ituc.bsky.social @clacso.bsky.social @industriall-union.org @uniglobalunion.org @labornotes.bsky.social
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
LATEST on the ITALIAN IR EXPERIENCE doi.org/10.1177/0022... ‼️ Andrea Califano and Sabrina Colombo #IndustrialRelations #EmployerAssociations #Italy #BusinessRepresentation #PoliticalEconomy #EconomicGovernance #CollectiveAction #BusinessHistory #LaborRelations #EuropeanEconomy
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This article doi.org/10.1177/0022... looks at Italy, where much of the economy is still built around traditional sectors and many consumption-based activities. It shows that employers do not all act through one unified system. #Italy #IndustrialRelations #Business #Employers #LaborRelations
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Applications are now open for the 2026 ALERA Early Career Research Grant - Deadline is 30 Sept 2026 www.alera.asn.au/EmailTracker... ... up to $20,000 for Early Career Researchers undertaking research in #IndustrialRelations #EmploymentRelations #EarlyCareerResearchers #FutureOfWork #ALERA
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This #JIR2026 article looks at China’s approach to platform labor regulation. It examines how platform companies, unions, state actors, workers, and other institutions take part in negotiation processes meant to set basic labor standards. doi.org/10.1177/0022... BY Xiaojing Zheng & Quan Meng
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
ALERA funding alert: applications are now open for the 2026 Innovative Industrial Relations Grant, supporting Early Career Researchers with funding of up to $20,000 (incl. GST). 🎓 📅 Applications close Wednesday, 30 September 2026. #IndustrialRelations #EarlyCareerResearchers #ResearchFunding
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Analyzing Denmark and the Netherlands, this article doi.org/10.1177/0022... by Mikkel Mailand y Frank Tros finds that employer associations largely favor maintaining existing welfare arrangements rather than pursuing major reforms. #IndustrialRelations #JIR2026
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
E-commerce as a battlefield in the US–China tech race: Effects on the global workplace in Brazil doi.org/10.1177/0022... youtube.com/shorts/Matfk... Jörg Nowak, Tomaz Mefano Fares y Ricardo Festi @labornotes.bsky.social @wired.com
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
JUST PUBLISHED Platform-union negotiation in China: Unified framework and corporate strategies doi.org/10.1177/0022... by Xiaojing Zheng & Quan Meng @chinadigitaltimes.net @chinamediaproject.bsky.social
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
E-commerce as a battlefield in the US–China tech race: Effects on the global workplace in Brazil doi.org/10.1177/0022... Jörg Nowak, Tomaz Mefano Fares y Ricardo Festi @isa-sociology.org #LaborRights #PlatformEconomy #PlatformCapitalism #GlobalSupplyChains #Brazil #Ecommerce
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
In doi.org/10.1177/0022... Bridging power resources and social movements Susanne Pernicka argues that #industrialrelations research can better explain worker mobilization by taking #emotions seriously. @jacobin.com @labornotes.bsky.social , @workers-eesc.bsky.social
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Interested scholars and readers can also now listen to an interview with Jean-Philippe Deranty hosted by Eve Vincent #bookreviewer on New Books Network 📖 The Case for #Work newbooksnetwork.com/jean-philipp... #industrialrelations #JIR @journals.sagepub.com @buiraonline.bsky.social
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Climate policy is often discussed as a technical matter: emissions targets, infrastructure, energy systems, and green jobs. This article shows why unions also matter -> doi.org/10.1177/0022... by Evelyn Dionne #TradeUnions #IndustrialRelations #LaborRights #GreenJobs #ClimatePolicy #WorkerVoice
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Zheng, Xiaojing; Meng, Quan. “Platform-union negotiation in China: Unified framework and corporate strategies.” doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Zhang, Hao; Liu, Kai. “Can a voluntarist approach to social security extend protection to gig workers? Evidence from the platform-based food-delivery sector in China.” doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Uchiyama, Yosuke; Furuoka, Fumitaka; Omar, Siti Aminah. “The rise and contestation of platform capitalism: Evidence from two food delivery blackouts in Malaysia.” doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Lee, Bo-Yi. “Understanding justice in the platform economy: A qualitative case study of platform-based food delivery work.” doi.org/10.1177/0022... Minas, John; French, Ben. “The classification of platform workers in the Australian context.” doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Koutsimpogiorgos, Nikolaos; Frenken, Koen; Herrmann, Andrea M. “Platform adaptation to regulation: The case of domestic cleaning in Europe.” doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Goods, Caleb; Veen, Alex; Barratt, Tom. “Is your gig any good?” Analysing job quality in the Australian platform-based food-delivery sector. doi.org/10.1177/0022... Kaine, Sarah; Josserand, Emmanuel. “The organisation and experience of work in the gig economy.” doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Ajonbadi, Hakeem Adeniyi; Adekoya, Olatunji David; Mordi, Chima; Cronk, Hayden; Islam, Md Asadul; Taofik, Idowu. “Exploring the voice and representation mechanisms of platform workers and implications for decent work in the Nigerian gig economy.” doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The #ILO @ilo.org #ILC2026 has adopted a new Convention on Decent Work in the Platform Economy: lnkd.in/ezU7e6gh ‼️ 👏 For further context 👉 selected #JIR articles #platformwork #gigwork #regulation #workervoice #justice #classification #socialprotection #GigEconomy #DecentWork #IndustrialRelations
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
What does “decent work” mean in Sub-Saharan Africa, and where should future research go? Read doi.org/10.1177/0022... Albert Amankwaa, Desmond Tutu Ayentimi, Shaun Ruggunan, Kantha Dayaram y John Burgess #DecentWork #SubSaharanAfrica @asilorg.bsky.social @asilorg.bsky.social
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
‼️ 2025 #JIR Fran Hayes Award Special Commendation Certificate article doi.org/10.1177/0022... Bridging disclosure and action: The role of intermediaries in gender pay gap regulation Transparency alone is not enough ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ australia.theguardian.com #GenderPayGap
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The agenda for the 114th Session of the International Labour Conference in June 2026 is now available. www.ilo.org/internationa... @teleworkinsights.bsky.social @remoteworkeurope.bsky.social @ifow.org #work #labor #employement #industrialrelations
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Taking the long view: Indigenous employment 1981–2021 doi.org/10.1177/0022... Christian Eva, Matthew Gray, Sharlene Leroy-Dyer , and Boyd Hunter An analysis of Indigenous employment trends in Australia from 1981 to 2021, using nine iterations of 5-yearly Census data #IndustrialRelations #JIR2026
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Frederick Harry Pitts @fhpitts.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
In the first article published in our 'Workplace Geopolitics' special issue for @jirjournal.bsky.social, @ceyhunelgin.bsky.social examines how geopolitical tensions reshape informal economic activities through supply chain restructuring: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Informal adaptations in restructuring supply chains: Worker responses to geopolitical decoupling - Ceyhun Elgin, 2026
This article examines how geopolitical tensions reshape informal economic activities through supply chain restructuring. Drawing on 60 interviews with workers a...
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The Case for Work @oxunipress.bsky.social presented by its author Jean-Philippe Deranty 📽️ for #JIR 👇 #JIR also recommends Eve Vincent's review #JIR2026 Journal of #IndustrialRelations doi.org/10.1177/0022... @remoteworkeurope.bsky.social @ifow.org
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Who benefits from the Industrial Agreement? Uncovering the trends and structures of wage inequality at play in the #Swedish wage-setting model doi.org/10.1177/0022... #IndustrialRelations #JIR2026 #wages By Patrik Vulkan, Johan Alfonsson and Tomas Berglund
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Xiaoming Bao explains in #JIR doi.org/10.1177/0022... the main challenges for #unionsinChina #IndustrialRelations #JIR2026 @unionjobs.bsky.social
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Women’s participation in education and the workforce has increased significantly in Australia since the early 2000s. But has that translated into real equality? Read doi.org/10.1177/0022... by Allison Preston #GenderEquality Inequality #Industrialrelations unwomen.bsky.social
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
🏆 Winner of the 2025 JIR Joe Isaac Award #Digitalisation, #unions and ‘country-effect’: Does union strength at the workplace matter?https://doi.org/10.1177/00221856251326682 #IndustrialRelations #JIR2025 Caroline Lloyd and Jonathan Payne
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
CFP in #JIR for a Special Issue Violence and Harassment: Redefining the World of Work. Submit your study exploring violence and harassment in work and employment. Abstract submissions due 15 July 2026. journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm...
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
New #bookreview of Trade Unions in the European Union by Jeremy Waddington, Torsten Müller, Kurt Vandaele doi.org/10.1177/0022... Reviewed by Paul Dillon (University of Limerick) #openaccessbook www.facebook.com/etuibrussels/ www.linkedin.com/company/euro...
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
CFP in #JIR for a Special Issue Violence and Harassment: Redefining the World of Work. Submit your study exploring violence and harassment in work and employment. @ifow.org @restofworld.org @unwomen.bsky.social Abstract submissions due 15 July 2026. journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm...
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The agenda for the 114th Session of the International Labour Conference in June 2026 is now available. www.ilo.org/internationa... @teleworkinsights.bsky.social @remoteworkeurope.bsky.social @ifow.org #work #labor #employement #industrialrelations
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The Journal of Industrial Relations #JIR Read #industrialrelations #research journals.sagepub.com/toc/JIR/curr... Connect with us journals.sagepub.com/home/JIR @journals.sagepub.com
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Journal of Industrial Relations (A Sage journal) @jirjournal.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
NEW #JIR #BookReview for The Case for Work by Jean-Philippe Deranty doi.org/10.1177/0022... @oxunipress.bsky.social Reviewed by: Eve Vincent #Philosophy #Work #FutureOfWork #industrialrelations
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Dr. Aurélie Petit 👩🏻‍💻✨ @aurelievpetit.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
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Rethinking industrial relations: Policy ecologies, cultural work and artificial intelligence - Kate MacNeill, Amanda Coles, Gareth Fletcher, 2025
This article explores how, in reshaping creative labour in Australia's cultural and creative industries, artificial intelligence is exposing the limitation...
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