A detailed case study of IBEW Local 213 to explore the intersections of Communist leadership, workplace militancy, and union discipline in mid-twentieth-century Canada. #LabourStudies
www.aupress.ca/books/120306...
The Red Baron of IBEW Local 213 offers a rare case study of a single construction trade union local and its post-World War II experience with Communist leadership, well-known work-site militancy, and interventions by the IBEW’s International Office. #LabourStudies
www.aupress.ca/books/120306...
Book cover of ‘Protecting Workers? Crisis, COVID‑19, and South Asia’, edited by Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and Wilfried Swenden. The cover image's background is filled with overlapping white disposable face masks. In the center, there is a turquoise silhouette of the South Asian subcontinent. The Helsinki University Press logo is at the bottom.
New release!
'Protecting Workers?' offers a wide view of the challenges facing South Asia’s working poor. The volume, edited by Ruwanpura & Swenden, is freely available in #openaccess at: doi.org/10.33134/HUP...
#politicalscience #anthropology #humangeography #sociology #labourstudies #SouthAsia
📣 Call for Papers: Exit–Voice–Labour Conference (University of Vienna), 16–18 Nov 2026.
Deadline: 18 May 2026 | No fee | Limited travel/accommodation grants available
Details + CFP: shorturl.at/TcSZ2
#HorizonEU #MigrationStudies #LabourStudies #TransformationStudies #SouthEastEurope
Check out Labour Studies Spring/Summer 2026 courses offerings at @brocku.ca — perfect for fast-tracking your degree.
brocku.ca/springsummer
#BrockU #LabourStudies
The journal covers interdisciplinary topics in the fields of #LabourStudies and #SocialWork, spanning, among others, areas such as #Psychology, #SocialPsychology, #Sociology, #Anthropology, Social Work, #Law, #Economics, #OrganisationalSciences, #History, and #SocialResearchMethods.
The annual conference of the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies is taking place Jun 3-5, 2026 in Winnipeg. Check out the call for papers here:
cawls.ca/en/2026-annu...
#canlab #LabourStudies
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#AcademicMachine
#KnowledgeLabour
#AcademicWork
#HigherEducation
#AcademicExploitation
#LabourOfLove
#PrecariousAcademic
#AdjunctLife
#AcademicBurnout
#AcademiaAndJustice
#RaceInAcademia
#GenderAndAcademia
#LabourStudies
#ScholarlyWork
This chapter, #Unionisation and #DigitalLabour, will be published in 2026 in the ‘Sage Handbook of Digital Labour’. @etui.bsky.social
It argues that #platformunionism has not yet crystallised into a dominant associational form
#PlatformEconomy #LabourStudies #FutureOfWork
Labour Studies at @brocku.ca. It's a degree that works.
Learn more: brocku.ca/social-scien...
#BrockU #canlab #LabourStudies
The 2026 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies takes place June 3-5 in Winnipeg.
This year's theme is Solidarity Unbound: Work and Labour in an Age of Intersecting Crises. Check out the CfP for proposal deadlines.
cawls.ca/en/2026-annu...
#canlab #LabourStudies
LABR 1P94: Workplace Rights and Equity
#LabourStudies #BrockU
LABR 2P00: Mediation, Arbitration & Conflict Resolution.
Learn about this #BrockU course and many more at: brocku.ca/social-scien...
#LabourStudies
'Power resources and grassroots activism: Worker organising potentials in logistics centres and online food delivery in Poland' - a new @pluto-journals.bsky.social @wolgjournal.bsky.social article on #ScienceOpen:
🔗 www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
🖇️ #LabourStudies #Logistics #Poland
'Enduring inequalities: Examining sexism and gender disparities among labour and capital dynamics in container terminal work' - a new @pluto-journals.bsky.social @wolgjournal.bsky.social article on #ScienceOpen:
🔗 www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
🖇️ #LabourStudies #CriticalLogistics
'New worlds of logistical labour: Spaces, places, technologies, workers' - a new @wolgjournal.bsky.social article published by @pluto-journals.bsky.social on #ScienceOpen:
🔗 www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
🖇️ #LabourStudies #Logistics #GlobalLabour #FutureOfWork
'When algorithmic management was new: Engineered standards and the managerial prerogative in Australia' - a new @pluto-journals.bsky.social @wolgjournal.bsky.social article on #ScienceOpen:
🔗 www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
🖇️ #LabourStudies #Logistics #AlgorithmicManagement
LABR 1P97 is offered online and asynchronously.
#BrockU #LabourStudies
LABR 1P96: Labour Behind the Label
#BrockU #LabourStudies
Registration for incoming 1st year students is now open. Check out LABR 1P94 Workplace Rights and Equity, available a both an elective and social science context credit.
#brocku #LabourStudies
🎉OUT NOW: Work and Labour in Canada explores the changing world of work, mapping out major trends and patterns that define working life and identifying the economic, social, and political factors that shape the contemporary workplace. Get your copy today: zurl.co/cwJci
#LabourStudies #NewBook
2025/26 Fall/Winter course registration opens soon. Check out some of the most popular course options available to Brock students.
Learn more: brocku.ca/social-scien...
#canlab #brocku #LabourStudies
Congrats to Christabell Creighton, a Board of Trustees Spirit of Brock medal recipient and Labour Studies co-major.
brocku.ca/brock-news/2...
#BrockU #LabourStudies
An incredible honour for @profsavage.bsky.social
& me to receive the Canadian Assn for Work & Labour Studies' Leo Panitch Book Prize for best book in Canadian #LabourStudies in 2025, named for our mentor. So grateful to our peers for this recognition #canlab #cdnpoli
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Professor Simon Black presenting research on child care worker unions at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Work and Labour Studies.
#canlab #LabourStudies
Students in professor Jordan House's Unfree Labour seminar produced some very impressive research posters this term which are on display in the the department. Check them out!
#LabourStudies #BrockU
Register soon for the 2025 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies, being held at the School of Labour Studies at McMaster University May 28-30, 2025.
CAWLS members get discounted rates!
cawls.ca/en/2025-annu...
#canlab #labourstudies
Register for the 2025 annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies: cawls.ca/en/2025-annu...
#canlab #LabourStudies
Thanks to everyone who dropped by our Labour Studies open house on the weekend and to Cecilia and Christabell for helping to staff our table.
Learn more at: brocku.ca/social-scien...
#BrockU #LabourStudies
It's not too late to sign up for spring/summer courses.
We have a great lineup of instructors including: @uniongrrl.bsky.social, @alisonbraley.bsky.social & @profsavage.bsky.social.
#BrockU #LabourStudies
