New report/working paper for the ILO - Global Case Studies of Social Dialogue on AI and Algorithmic Management. With Shruti Appalla, Dina Ginzburg, Jeonghun Kim, and Wen Li Thianwww.ilo.org/publications/global-case...
"Although the university has its own legal counsel and is in the midst of a $45-million budget cut for fiscal year 2025-2026, it pays a premium to outside lawyers who specialize in fighting unions."
therover.ca/mcgill-spent...
Today's AI #EGgrantee spotlight features @vdoellgast.bsky.social, @cornellilr.bsky.social prof John McCarthy & @sobrady.bsky.social.
Their research focuses on how telecommunications & video game development companies apply AI in service & technical occupations.
equitablegrowth.org/grants/ai-in...
“Union leaders are fiercely criticizing the federal government’s back-to-work order, with one calling it “a misuse of government power.”
thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...
"A Gartner report predicts that by 2028, regulations in the EU may mandate the "right to talk to a human," emphasizing the enduring demand for human interaction...Rather than making call centers obsolete, AI is set to redefine the role of human agents."
www.forbes.com/councils/for...
"We find that rising income inequality increases the likelihood of radical right support – most pronouncedly among individuals with high subjective social status and lower-middle incomes."
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... #economy #politics
Awesome. Thanks for helping me out, Mel!
What piece can I use to introduce undergraduate students to international HRM and employment relations? The ideal is for it to be interesting and thought provoking.
Postsecondary education institutions are among the most trusted institutions in Canada. Virtually tied with the military, and more trusted than banks, hospitals, and the police. According to research from the @caut.bsky.social.
www.caut.ca/bulletin/202... #cdnpoli #canpoli
New study! We find that unions and works councils nudge managers towards less abusive monitoring and discipline, and more developmental coaching in remote work. Focus is call centers in N America and Germany.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... #industrialrelations #work #RemoteWork #economy
This morning, FACULTY UNIONS led by @aaup.bsky.social sued the Trump administration over the unlawful funding cuts at Columbia. We will not let the federal government use coercion to rob us of academic freedom and critical research!
So proud of my union!
protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...
Our study finds that universities that rely more on international student tuition for revenue imposed more job insecurity on workers during covid + casual workers were most vulnerable. Co-authors: @gregbamber.bsky.social and Brian Cooper. Check it out!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Proposed Conservative tax cuts would cost $12.2 billion, Liberal tax cuts would cost $5.4 billion. Turns out few poor people will benefit, and that benefit will be low. The cuts will mainly benefit wealthier Canadians.
- @davidmacdonald.bsky.social
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202... #cdnpoli #cdnecon
"If real after-tax incomes for the bottom 50% had kept up with economic growth, 15 million Canadians would have had, on average, $6,450 more in their pocket in 2022"
www.taxfairness.ca/en/resources... #cdnecon #economy
Quebec's gov. is trying to crush the right to strike. They want binding arbitration to replace many strikes, since arbitrators agree "that workers’ job, wages, and working conditions should be conditional on bumper profits for the bosses and investors."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/... #canlab #cdnpoli
Amazon clearly wants stop union momentum in the industry. Strong legislative supports for sectoral bargaining would be one way to combat these tactics. If all warehouses were covered by a master agreement, it wouldn't matter who's operating it.
montreal.citynews.ca/2025/01/22/s... #canlab
What happens after a strike? How do management actions during strikes impact labour relations when the strike is over? I was asked these questions in an interview with the Canadian HR Reporter. Check out the article below:
www.hrreporter.com/focus-areas/...
#canlab #cdnpoli
Ho-ho-ho, solidarité!
Permanent exceptionalism continues for the regulation of labour conflict in Canada. The last suite of federal back-to-work orders are consistent with decades of neoliberal labour policies suppressing the rights of Canada's working class.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #cdnpoli #canlab
Explore Jeonghun Kim's @cornellilr.bsky.social review of Debbie Goldman's new book 'Disconnected' @illinoispress.bsky.social that documents how call center #workers exercised their collective agency and protected their working conditions under #neoliberal pressure.
This is what happens in the absence of a strong labour movement that can force companies to share their wealth.
@sasemeeting.bsky.social is on bluesky! Submit your abstracts for SASE 2025 in Montreal: to networks on comparative capitalism, digital economy, finance and society, global value chains, postcolonialism and more…
New @etui.bsky.social book, 'Experimenting for union renewal: challenges, illustrations and lessons' - Mélanie Laroche & Gregor Murray, eds. @kurtvandaele.bsky.social www.etui.org/publications...
As @parismarx.com writes, the @cupwsttp.bsky.social strike raises the question of “not just what we want the future of Canada Post to be, but also what kind of society we want to live in.”
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
"The HIAL storm: Resisting the technological transformation of air traffic control".
In this newly published article, @huwthomas.bsky.social & Peter Turnbull demonstrate how different power resources can complement, but also compromise workers' interests.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
So far, the federal government is signalling it will not intervene to end the Canada Post strike because the issues on the table need to be negotiated, not arbitrated
#canlab #cdnpoli
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/212...
Just released!
We prepared a practical guide for investigative journalists who cover the medical field to help them avoid being taken advantage of by pharmaceutical companies and pr firms who do their best to shape narratives to further their interests.
carleton.ca/ghostmanagem...
