Latest posts tagged with #PrecariousWork on Bluesky
Over 1 million UK workers in multiple jobs lack basic protections🚨 They're providing essential services but facing insecure hours, low pay & stigma.
Professor Jo McBride calls for updated policies & recognition 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
#PrecariousWork #DignityAtWork #WorkersRights
Canadians aren’t imagining the cost-of-living crisis
#Canada #CostOfLiving #EconomicJustice #WageCrisis #HousingCrisis #Inequality #LabourRights #PrecariousWork #MiddleClass #Inflation #PublicPolicy #Poverty #Housing #RentCrisis #Employment #SocialJustice
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Gig-work delivery jobs are getting more dangerous
#GigWork #DeliveryWorkers #WorkersRights #LabourJustice #PrecariousWork #PlatformEconomy #Unionize #RoadSafety #BikeInfrastructure #MigrantWorkers #AlgorithmicControl #Canada #PublicPolicy #SocialJustice
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A new research-policy snapshot from @crdcn.bsky.social outlines the policy implications of study on #PrecariousWork and #WorkInjury risk by IWH Associate Scientist Dr. Faraz Shahidi.
China's Future Rests on 200 Million Precarious Workers #Technology #Other #ChinaEconomy #PrecariousWork #LaborRights
Australia: Deep course and job cuts at University of Technology Sydney #PrecariousWork #precarity #education #higherEd #HigherEducation #workers
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From 'Meowgicians' to Movers: The Shifting Reality of Work on Craigslist
#Craigslist #OddJobs #GigEconomy #SideHustle #PrecariousWork #FreelanceLife #FactRage #FactRageNews
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'These types of jobs often come with low pay, no job security, irregular hours and little access to union protection.’
#PrecariousWork unfortunately continues to evolve, diversify and deepen across Europe, according to a new analysis by @wzwysen.bsky.social
Read it here 🔗 etui.org/ZRS
"In a separate 2023 survey, 74% of U.S. adults said teachers should be paid more, including 39% who said they should be paid a lot more." #teachers #education #workers #PrecariousWork #PoliticalEconomy
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I love Canada, but we sure are a pack of dumb f*cks when it comes to conflict. Rather than downgrading the quality of a CP job, just make it impossible for Amazon, Fleet Optics etc to skirt the law. Level the playing field. Then raise prices. #CanadaPost #PrecariousWork
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"According to the UCU, the proposals affect 796 staff but up to 1,000 jobs are at risk overall in the restructuring plan." #PrecariousWork #HigherEd #education #workers #precarity
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"Among educators, there is a growing sense of physical and emotional exhaustion resulting from exhausting working hours and the increasing precariousness of teaching work.
Precarious temporary contracts have proliferated..." #PublicEducation #PrecariousWork #PoliticalEconomy #teachers #Brazil
10/13 The interview addresses how marginalized workers remain invisible in political messaging. Precarious employment—predominantly experienced by women, racialized workers and newcomers to Canada—receives little airtime despite representing a growing segment of workers.
#PrecariousWork
"tenure-track faculty positions in the humanities and much of the social sciences have dried up in the face of austerity and ideological maneuvering. As a result, the audience that existed for academic writing has become almost entirely precarious." #PrecariousWork
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Dundee University crisis deepens as lecturer's strike ends, Edinburgh University announces massive cuts #PrecariousWork #HigherEd
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🔊 New podcast: "Hope Labour"
Why are so many academics stuck in precarious contracts? @jamieparis.bsky.social joins The Academic Issue to unpack the ‘Uberification’ of academia.
🎧 Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/4BCm...
#HigherEd #SessionalAcademia #PrecariousWork #Podcast
"The reality is that jobs are not as available as they seem to be — and the jobs that are available for young teachers often come in the form of rolling temporary contracts, which allow for your career to be terminated without justification." #PrecariousWork #PublicEducation
Jobs cull at universities in Wales, part of over 10,000 losses UK wide #PrecariousWork #HigherEd
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"Jennifer explained the tier system that splits faculty into full-time, 3-year contracts and 1-year contracts. Thirty of the latter were laid off during the previous year. She added, “We need to invest in education, ensure that students get the education they deserve.” #PrecariousWork #HigherEd
Students and faculty protest layoffs at California State University system #PrecariousWork #precarity #teaching #PublicEducation #HigherEd #highereducation
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Citations: Precarity and informal workplace learning: changing employment regulations and professional practices of teachers* #PrecariousWork #PublicEducation #Teachers #precarity #work #neoliberalism www.tandfonline.com/doi/citedby/...
"A Freedom of Information (FOI) request by the University and College Union (UCU) shared with the Observer revealed approximately 61 percent of core tutorial teaching at 24 Oxford University colleges is conducted by casualised academic workers." #PrecariousWork #precarity #HigherEducation #HigherEd
"The University of Oxford is employing lecturers and researchers on insecure, precarious and poorly paid fixed-term and open-ended contracts, with many paid by-the-hour, a freedom of information request has revealed." #PrecariousWork #Precarity #HigherEducation #HigherEd www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
"Sheridan College to suspend 40 programs and reduce staff, citing drop in enrolment
School predicting 30% fewer students in coming years, president says" - You can't have academic freedom when there's #PrecariousWork #HigherEd #precarity #HigherEducation
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The event concluded with a roundtable featuring Sarah Murphy (Greater Manchester Law Centre), Jonathan Davies (University of Manchester), & Ceri Hughes (AMBS) discussing the overlooked issue of unpaid labour in contemporary labour markets. #DecentWork #UnpaidLabour #LabourRights #PrecariousWork
#precarious #work #PrecariousWork #PublicEducation #highered #highereducation
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Interesting how these ‘weeks’ appear!
My MSc research was about how orchestral musicians look after their self-care. I’ve just edited it for publication 😮💨 Looking forward to getting my findings out there as there are overlaps for #freelancework #precariouswork #loneworking
Join us on the 21 Nov (1-4pm) at AMBS for a workshop by WEI & ResPecTMe. Valeria Pulignano presents her book The Politics of Unpaid Labour + a discussion on the inequality of unpaid work. #UnpaidLabour #PrecariousWork #Inequality #GreaterManchester
🔗 Register here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-politi...
