Andy Hodder

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Orange background with silhouettes of buildings and a crowd holding protest signs. Text reads: 'Resident doctor strike begins, full walkout, 25 July to 30 July' with the BMA logo at the bottom.

Today marks the start of strike action for resident doctors in England.
These strikes could have been averted, if @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social had a credible offer for us to consider.
🪧 Find your nearest picket: bma.org.uk/rdpicketlines #PayRestoration #DoctorsStrike

Resident doctors begin five days of strikes in England over pay – UK politics live The BMA says resident doctors have seen their pay fall by a much greater amount in real terms since 2008-09 than the rest of the population Daniel Elkeles, chief executive of NHS Providers, told the PA news agency health staff will be working “flat out” to see as many patients as they can during the strike, after NHS England made clear it wants as much pre-planned care as possible to continue. He said: Striking doctors should think carefully if they are really doing the right thing for patients, for the NHS and for themselves. The strike will throttle hard-won progress to cut waiting lists, but NHS trust leaders and staff will be working flat out to see that as many patients as possible get the care they need. Most people do not support these strikes. They know they will cause real damage. Behind the headlines are the patients whose lives will be blighted by this decision. The frustration and disappointment of necessary treatment delayed. And worse, late diagnoses and care that risks their long-term health. Continue reading...

Resident doctors begin five days of strikes in England over pay – UK politics live

A **win** for Oscar Mayer workers. Fire and rehire needs to be tackled politically but in the meantime can be fought industrially.
There was no union recognised at this site previously, now there is one. Bargaining unit of around 500.
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Building Worker Power in Cities & States - Center for Labor and a Just Economy LATEST TOOLKIT UPDATES (11/05/2024) Our system of federal labor laws has long failed to adequately protect workers’ rights to organize…

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Who’s Got the Power - The New Press An essential and timely guide to the changing landscape of the labor movement, from a veteran labor organizer  “The best overview of the recent labor upsurge we have yet seen. This will remain a must-...

I've been anxious to talk about this because it feels so selfish, but time to move past that.

I have a book coming out!

"Who's Got the Power? The Resurgence of American Unions", comes out October 14th from The New Press.

It's an optimistic book for perilous times.

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Uber Drivers Have Unionized For The First Time In Canada UFCW Local 1518 in British Columbia has announced that 500 drivers in Greater Victoria unionized.

Uber Drivers Have Unionized For The First Time In Canada

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#canlab #Uber

Our 2025-2026 education programme is L I V E 🔴

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Rapid Response Data Briefing: American Time Use Survey. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Did you know that the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) is up for renewal? Join us to learn: - What's in the ATUS? - Why is ATUS important? - What are the risks facing its continued collection and publi...

The American Time Use Survey is up for renewal, or cancellation.

OMB is gathering input on the data's importance.

@ipums.bsky.social organized a rapid response briefing to equip us with tools to effectively comment.
#EconSky #sociology #policysky

Register:
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🔴At least five workers have died in Spain already this summer after working in extreme heat

Trade unions are calling again on the European Commission to deliver a directive on maximum working temperatures

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This may be of interest. Some of us have delved into the need for trade unions to engage with cooperatives more systematically. More dialogue is needed.
‘Co-operatives and
Trade Unions
Generating alliances for better
and more meaningful work’

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Finally back home from the @buiraonline.bsky.social conference. Great to catch up with friends old and new and present comparative work on strike datasets. I'm also very pleased be elected to BUIRA's Executive Committee for the next three years. Thanks to the Bristol team for a great conference!

Concise Introduction to Employment Relations By Richard Hyman, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025. 148 pp. £21.56. ISBN: 978‐1‐80‐220749‐1 Click on the article title to read more.

Great new book review of Richard Hyman’s latest text on employment relations, from Manuela Galetto (IRRU, Warwick). Published in the Industrial Relations Journal. doi.org/10.1111/irj....

This is a really great paper examining the link between strikes and union membership. Hat tip to @ralphdarlington.bsky.social for telling me about it last night!

Launch of the International Strike Report Date: Saturday, 14 June 2025 Time: 15:00 (London time) Research groups from eleven countries—Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Italy, South Africa, Türkiye, the UK, the US, and Uruguay—have co...

🚀 Launch: International Strike Report 2023
📅 14 June 2025 | 🕒 15:00 (London time)

11 countries. 1 collaborative report on global strike trends.

Join the launch event for key findings + open discussion.

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Shoutout to all the wonderful researchers from China @chinalabour.bsky.social , Italy‪ @bigmacca.bsky.social , UK @hodderandy.bsky.social and others who have contributed their work to this project!

🎉Today, our team based in the United States along with Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Italy, South Africa, Türkiye, UK and Uruguay have brought together data on strikes in 2023 to publish the International Strike Report (2023)!
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Great to be part of this collection documenting strike activity around the world in 2023!

- Published: International strike report 2023 featuring Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Italy, South Africa, Türkiye, UK, US & Uruguay @etui.bsky.social #WorkerSolidarity #CollectiveAction #LaborRights
- Read it here: emekcalisma.org/wp-content/u...

Human Resource Management in New Service Arrangements: Extending the Ability, Motivation, Opportunity Framework Into the Gig Economy This article investigates how human resource (HR) practices affect organizational outcomes in one of the newest areas of service work: the gig economy. Combining theory on multi-sided markets and str....

🚨 Exciting new research in Human Resource Management! In this article, my coauthor Tashlin Lakhani and I explore strategic human resource management in the gig economy. 🚗

Check it out here: doi.org/10.1002/hrm....

UK university redundancies: latest updates As higher education institutions shed thousands of jobs, we track developments and bring together latest analysis with resources for affected staff and students

We are now approaching 4,000 formally announced university redundancies in the UK since January alone. The real situation is far worse than that, and will also accelerate going forwards. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ...

JUST IN 🚨| Our annual report 2024, looking at our 2023 strike data has been spotted in Santiago 🇨🇱.

📜Read the excellent report written by Andy Hodder (Uni Bham) and Stephen Mustchin (Uni Manchester) in full here: bit.ly/SMReport2024

#StrikeMap #StrikeData

The title page and abstract of ‘Measuring the 2022–2023 strike wave in Britain: ballots, participation and methodological implications’ by Andy Hodder, Stephen Mustchin

Continuing the theme of strike research, recently I published “Measuring the 2022–2023 strike wave in Britain: ballots, participation and methodological implications” in the Industrial Relations Journal (with Stephen Mustchin, @workequalities.bsky.social).

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Incredible reporting here. DOGE engineers may have stolen a bunch of sensitive NLRB data; the agency whistleblower then received what I can only describe as a mafia-style threat.

A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

The book cover image of Focusing or Fragmenting Representation at Work? Specialist Trade Union Representation in the United Kingdom. The book is edited by Andy Hodder and Miguel Martínez Lucio, published by Emerald and out this month.

Miguel Martinez Lucio (@workequalities.bsky.social) and I have a new edited text out this month on how workplace representation in the UK has changed in recent years. Please order for your libraries bookstore.emerald.com/focusing-or-...

Anti-AI - nice to see this new piece - How we might be Anti-AI, co-authored with Iran Mansouri just out in
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Trying to think different ways to imagine alternatives to a life reduced to objects of capitalist quantification

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New paper in HRMJ: Unions help make remote work more fair - based on research in the US, Canada, and Germany: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

2025 Annual Conference - Canadian Association for Work & Labour Studies The Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies (CAWLS) is an academic association for scholars interested in work, workers, and labour.

Register soon for the 2025 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies, being held at the School of Labour Studies at McMaster University May 28-30, 2025.

CAWLS members get discounted rates!

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#canlab #labourstudies

The book cover image of Focusing or Fragmenting Representation at Work? Specialist Trade Union Representation in the United Kingdom. The book is edited by Andy Hodder and Miguel Martínez Lucio, published by Emerald and out this month.

Miguel Martinez Lucio (@workequalities.bsky.social) and I have a new edited text out this month on how workplace representation in the UK has changed in recent years. Please order for your libraries bookstore.emerald.com/focusing-or-...