Tag: future of work focus
Is the UK High Street Dead?
What does the hollowing out of the high street do to the psyche of a town? And has the expansion of higher education obscured the precipitous decline of retail and other industries? Aaron Bastani heads to Portsmouth and Bournemouth to better understand the collapse of Britain’s town centres.
‘Tired From the Heart’: Voices From the Care Sector
Care work faces a constant struggle for recognition, leaving some workers ‘tired from the heart’. What would it mean to advance an alternative vision of the sector? Sophie K Rosa, Craig Gent and James Butler find out.
Why Scrapping Hostile Environment Policies Would Benefit Kids, Parents and Childcare Workers
Miranda Hall and Veronica Deutsch
Automation Will Create More Jobs, But Most Will Be Shit
Matthew Cole
The Frontline of the Struggle Against Platform Capitalism Lies in São Paulo
Callum Cant
Big Unions Aren’t Up to the Job Anymore
Lydia Hughes
How Laughter Is Building Solidarity Between Care Home Residents and Workers
Pope Lonergan
Work All Day, Work All Night: ‘Sacrificing Your Life’ for the Food Supply Chain
Workers in the food supply chain call it ‘sacrificing your life’ to feed the rest of us. Can it last? Sophie K Rosa, Craig Gent and James Butler find out.
A Regime of ‘Flexible Despotism’ Reigns Over Retail Work – Can It Last?
Alex Wood
Money Alone Won’t Fix the Care Crisis – We Need a Radical Rethink
Emma Dowling
