Global Call on China to Release Arrested Workers, Activists and Students in...
TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND THE ALL-CHINA FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS Please join us in signing and sharing this petition to call for the immediate release of the workers and their student allies...
View ArticleThe School of Labour Studies, McMaster University (full-time tenure track...
The School of Labour Studies invites applications for a full-time tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor commencing July 1, 2019. Labour Studies is an interdisciplinary program,...
View ArticleWarwick Business School invites applications for a 18-month post-doc...
Warwick Business School, The University of Warwick Invites applications for a fixed-term 18-month post-doc fellowship in industrial relations. Deadline for applications: October 15, 2018. Informal...
View ArticlePetition for UK academic Matt Hedges jailed in UAE
Open letter to the UAE: Release Matthew Hedges (22 Oct 2018) “We, the undersigned, call for the immediate release of Matthew Hedges, a PhD student in the School of Government and International Affairs...
View ArticleMessage to concerned scholars: Jasic workers global solidarity support
Message to concerned scholars: Jasic workers global solidarity support Dear Colleagues, Hope this email finds you well. We are a group of scholars that are based in North America, Europe, Asia, and...
View ArticleGlobal Support for Disappeared Left Activists in China
NEW! Effective Nov 2018 – present Global Support for Disappeared Left Activists in China Sign the online petition (effective Sep 2018 – present) Global Call on China to Release Arrested Workers,...
View ArticleRights for Shenzhen’s “Silicosis Workers”
ONLINE PETITION Rights for Shenzhen’s “Silicosis Workers” To: Shenzhen Government, Guangdong Province, China On November 6th 2018, over 300 workers who previously worked in the drilling and blasting...
View ArticlePostdoctoral Scholar of Center for Global Workers’ Rights, School of Labor...
Postdoctoral Scholar of Center for Global Workers’ Rights, School of Labor and Employment Relations, Penn State University, USA Job Website Now accepting applications! Review of applications will begin...
View ArticleScuola Normale Superiore: PhD programs
How to apply for the post-graduate course https://www.sns.it/en/admissions/phd/how-to-apply-for-the-post-graduate-course Prerequisites All doctoral programmes are open to Italian citizens and to...
View ArticleAn open letter from scholars to the Chinese authority demanding the release...
The Chinese government has expanded its crackdown on civil society. Since 2015, hundreds of human rights lawyers, feminists, and labour activists have been harassed, detained and sentenced to prison...
View ArticleDAN CLAWSON, 1948 – 2019
Dan Clawson, who served as RC44’s Vice President from 2006 to 2010, died suddenly on May 7, 2019 of a heart attack. He was a prolific labor sociologist, and a brilliant, tireless organizer with an...
View ArticleROBERT LAMBERT, 1945 – 2019
Rob Lambert, my friend, colleague, and comrade, has died, a conversation has ended. Rob had a dream. Can that dream be recovered in today’s world of narrow nationalism, xenophobia and uncontrolled...
View ArticleAuthors-Meet-Critics panel (ISA July 2020)
The Global Labour Journal (GLJ) invites submissions for an Authors-Meet-Critics panel at the upcoming ISA Forum of Sociology in Porto Alegre, Brazil in July 2020. The panel is being organized by the...
View ArticleHKU-WES International Symposium (9-10 Sep 2019)
HKU-WES International Symposium: ‘Worlds of Work: Implications of Urbanisation, Technology and Sustainability’ [9 – 10 Sep 2019] http://www.socsc.hku.hk/cities2050/wes/# What might the world of work...
View ArticlePolitical Science – Assistant Professor (Comparative Public Policy), McMaster...
Full-time tenure track appointment Location: Ontario, Canada Advertised until: 2019-10-26 Consideration of applications will begin on: 2019-10-11 With a preferred starting date on: 2020-7-1 How to...
View ArticleLecturer/Senior Lecturer in Employment Relations (University of Sheffield)
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Employment Relations University of Sheffield – Sheffield University Management School – Faculty of Social Sciences Placed On: 3 February 2020 Closes: 5 March 2020 Job Ref:...
View Article“Global Labor and Supply Chains”: call for papers
New Global Studies Special Issue “Global Labor and Supply Chains” New Global Studies Special Issue Guest editors: Robert Ovetz robert.ovetz@sjsu.edu; Jake Alimahomed-Wilson jake.Wilson@csulb.edu...
View ArticlePluto Press’s Wildcat Series: webinar (2020)
WEBINAR “Fighting Foxconn: Lessons Learned from Online and Offline Activism in China” Moderators: Robert Ovetz (San Jose State University), Immanuel Ness (CUNY) Speakers: Jenny Chan (The Hong Kong...
View ArticleFree online course: “Power, Politics, and Influence at Work”
FREE ONLINE COURSE: “Power, Politics, and Influence at Work” Join course for free Starting 12 October 2020 Monday (approximately 4 hours of learning per week, for 5 weeks) The course has been created...
View ArticlePluto Press, the Wildcat book webinar series (Nov 2020)
Pluto Press, the Wildcat book webinar series (4 sessions), October – December 2020 How We Organize! #2 and #3 11 Nov 2020 Wednesday and 20 Nov 2020 Friday “Resisting Amazon, Part 1 – U.S. Communities...
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