Unintended Consequences: The Impact of Policy Change on Indonesia’s Commercial Fishing Sector This article analyses Indonesia’s fishing sector, focusing on its geography, capital distribution, labour dynamics and governing policies. Drawing on previously uncollated statistical data and insi...

Read our new article on Indonesia's commercial fisheries sector in BIES! It was difficult to get hold of all this data so we hope it's useful! doi.org/10.1080/0007...

I banned laptops and phones this year. Also told students not to take notes. High attendance and great feedback.

Union–Member Engagement in Cambodia's Construction Sector This article argues for the concept of adaptive unionism as a useful way to explore the pragmatic, often short-term approach that unions adopt just to survive in many parts of the Global South, explo...

Our new article on union-member engagement in Cambodia's construction sector is now out! @labourrc44.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au

Call for Papers: Locating Power and Resistance Within Global AI Production Networks American Association of Geographers (AAG) 2026 Annual Meeting

Call for Papers: Locating Power & Resistance in Global AI Production Networks

AAG 2026 Annual Meeting

AI is not just “in the cloud.” It relies on global supply chains, with power concentrated in a few countries and corporations.

fair.work/en/fw/blog/c...

#AAG2026

'Ultimately, union revitalisation requires more than fresh ideas, new knowledge or improved policy. It also demands a sustained investment in unions’ internal capacity to collaborate, adapt and learn.'

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Assistant Professor -Modern Southeast Asian Humanities - Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

TT Assistant Professor Position in Modern Southeast Asian Humanities at UC-Berkeley!

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🚨The latest issue of RC44's newsletter (July 2025) is out now, including announcements about the recent 5th ISA Forum of #Sociology in Rabat, Morocco, great new publications, and a major new job opportunity for #labour researchers in Hong Kong - check it out!!👀✊

Australian because then you get heaps of different cuisines!

Hearing tributes from Michael Burawoy's former students at the ISA Forum in Rabat. A tragic loss for the sociological community.

Coalition-building as a power resource: Transnational collaborations between global unions and non-union actors This article explores how the global unions use coalition-building as a power resource in three different types of transnational labour campaigns. The first is an enabling campaign for seafood work...

You might be interested in our new article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thrilled to be in Rabat for the @isa-sociology.org forum. Looking forward to catchimg up with fellow members of @labourrc44.bsky.social!

SEARG, a grad research collective at UW-Madison is holding a Zoom event on the #Thai #Cambodia #border:

“Violence and Resurgent Nationalism in Thai-Cambodian Border Conflict.”

Monday, 23 June 2025
8 to 10 AM (CST/Madison)
8 to 10 PM (ICT/Bangkok)

Register: uwmadison.zoom.us/j/9486657476...

KTP Associate – Gender and Climate (110583-0625) at University of Warwick jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for professional services jobs in higher education, invites you to apply for the KTP Associate – Gender and Climate (110583-0625) position. Click to apply today!

Come and work with me on this fantastic project www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM406/k...

'The Elgar Companion to Regulating Platform Work: Insights from the Food Delivery Sector'

Order it here 🔗 www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...

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Great to be part of this collection documenting strike activity around the world in 2023!

How do #LGBT workers fare in American workplaces?
Erin Cech and William R. Rothwell @umich.edu show that LGBT employees report worse workplace experiences across 16 measures of employee treatment, workplace #fairness, and #jobsatisfaction.
doi.org/10.1177/0019...

The May 2025 issue of RC44’s Monthly Newsletter is out now, including important calls about the forthcoming 5th ISA Forum of #Sociology in Morocco, as well as calls to support our flagship publication, Global #Labour Journal (including a call for junior editors to join the editorial board)🙂✊

I want to sign but am having trouble with the form! Can you circulate it on the RC44 list?

The GLJ still needs signatures. Please sign and circulate!

Hi Bluesky, I'm conducting research on the opportunities and challenges in the #UKHE sector that involuntarily displaced mid-career/senior academics face. Particularly interested in speaking to those in humanities and social sciences, regardless of their current employment status. 1/4 #academicsky

Indonesia’s new economy of speed - New Mandala Why are millions of Indonesian workers taking up methamphetamine?

Louis Plottel is an #Anthropology PhD candidate at the University of Toronto. His current research looks at methamphetamine consumption among young men in #Aceh, #Indonesia, examining the impact of labour and economic development on patterns of drug use. #AnthroSky
www.newmandala.org/indonesias-n...

Université Mohammed V de Rabat - Film institutionnel YouTube video by UM5Rabat

Excitement is in the air as #ISAforum25 approaches!

We're thrilled to soon gather at the Université Mohammed V de Rabat in Rabat, Morocco! Want to explore the venue before you arrive? Check out these resources:

📽️ University tour: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSj_...

Making Mainland Southeast Asia safe for autocracy - New Mandala How regional elites built an “authoritarian security community”

NEW: Discussions about transnational influences on Mainland Southeast Asia's autocratisation often focus on China—but @gregoryvraymond.bsky.social argues that a more important factor is how the region’s authoritarian regimes help reinforce each other. www.newmandala.org/making-mainl...

Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever This piece was also published on Medium. For decades, Americans were evenly divided in their relative support of labor unions and big business, but that’s no longer the case. Now, Americans are more l...

American workers favour unions more than ever

www.epi.org/blog/america...

Interesting study. Breakdown over educational back ground, voting, and more.

Workers want more control over work especially in hostile situations

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ℹ️ Tenure-Track Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor at HKU
📍 Department of Sociology, University of Hong Kong (HKU), Hong Kong

🗓️ Applications: September 14, 2025
🔗 jobs.hku.hk/en/job/53145...

Graphic with information about the event: Demystifying AI and Empowering Workers: a three-part webinar series on bargaining and advocacy on digital technologies. Part 2: Public Policy and Digital Technologies; Wednesday, May 28, 2025,10am –11am PT. In this webinar, we will be joined by the California Federation of Labor Unions and members of the California Teachers Association to analyze the rapidly changing public policy landscape around technology and labor. It provides a framework for understanding key policy concepts and highlights important legislation and bills in California and across the country.

What’s the hype around AI? Join us, @californialabor.bsky.social & members of @wearecta.bsky.social on May 28 for our 2nd webinar on Demystifying AI & Empowering Workers. We'll explore the rapidly changing public policy landscape around technology & labor. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/event/demyst...

Group photo of Sesame Street workers holding their firsts high with graphics showing the logo of their new union and the winning vote tally, 55-19

Sesame Street is officially UNION! Workers at Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street, have voted 55-19 to join @opeiulocal153.bsky.social

Huge congrats to @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social! “We can officially say that today, May 15th, is brought to you by the letter U!”

The Varied Voice of Labor: Unpacking the Political Engagement of Labor in the 2024 Election - Center for Labor and a Just Economy “The Varied Voice of Labor: Unpacking the Political Engagement of Labor in the 2024 Election,” focuses on unions’ role in…

Our new research reveals major differences across unions in 2024 — 33% of Teamsters backed VP Harris, compared to 77% of NEA members: “treating union members as a unified bloc can obscure…variation across different [groups] within organized labor.” clje.law.harvard.edu?p=6248