Category Archives: labour movement

The Global Staffroom: exploring COVID-19, social reproduction, and changing relationships to work

Posted on July 24, 2020 by igius

In April 2020, the University of Edinburgh Art Collection created a series of three commissions, inviting artists to reflect upon their personal experiences of COVID-19 and to respond to broader themes associated with the period of enforced physical distancing.  Manual … Continue reading →

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Organizing for workers’ rights and the living wage: a view from the US

Posted on February 22, 2014 by genderpol

Living Wage campaigns by low-waged workers in the US have hit the headlines in recent months.  How do traditional trade unions and the fast rising “Alt -labor” grassroots movements work together to overcome the tough political and institutional obstacles they … Continue reading →

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