Tag: work
Long Read: Detained Migrants Are Workers. They Belong in the Trade Union Movement
by Isaac Ricca-Richardson and Franck Magennis
Opinion: Filth: Coronavirus Has Shown That Cleaners Are Essential, but Labelling Them ‘Low-Skilled’ Legitimises Exploitation
by Eleanor Penny
Opinion: The Right to Work From Home Should Be a Demand Far Beyond the Pandemic
by James McAsh
Freelance Work Has Always Been Precarious, Not Aspirational. Coronavirus Has Made That Clear
by Sophie McKay
With the government’s most recent measure to support self-employed workers leaving many with no support at all, the dangerous and uncertain nature of freelance work has been exposed, writes Sophie McKay.
Opinion: The Corona-Crisis Reveals There Is No Such Thing As Low-Skilled Labour
by Phil Jones
The Employability Industry: How Platforms Profit From ‘Brand You’
by Phil Jones
To Tackle Climate Breakdown, We Need to Build a Post-Work Society
by Emilie Tricarico
Novara FM: The All-Seeing Algorithm?
James Butler is joined by Novara Media’s own Craig Gent to discuss the rise of the algorithm, the new workplace under algorithmic management, and the scope and practice of workers’ resistance to new techniques of domination.
Novara FM: After Work?
‘Work Sucks, I Know’: It’s Time We Moved to a Four-Day Week
by James Meadway
Interview: A Lot of People Don’t Want to Win | James Butler Meets David Graeber
At The World transformed 2018 James Butler met with David Graeber to talk Momentum,dual power, co-option, the extra-parliamentary left and winning.
Explainers: Four Day Working Week
The robots are coming for your jobs – and that’s a good thing. Eleanor Penny responds to the TUC’s call for a four day working week.
Who Wants to Build a Left-wing Private Equity Firm?
by Dani McDonald and Ben Tippet
The Chilling Future of Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace
by RJ Quinn
3 Ways We Must Rethink Mental Health in the Workplace
by Luke Dukinfield
The Soapbox: All Women Are Workers
Eleanor Penny brings you “The Soapbox” We usually think that work means employment in the formal economy. But domestic labour – done mostly by women, and mostly for free – is the most fundamental kind of work there is.