Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation

Bryan's article is not only a great read but also highly topical - offering a glimpse into the hidden labour processes in the elite world that surrounds the likes of Epstein and the (con) artist formerly known as Prince Andrew

here's the link - apologies for accidentally deleting previously www.scienceopen.com/collection/c...

It’s on the Science Open site. Am away from desk so can’t send link but if it isn’t in the post (for which apologies) google it

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Happy Holidays Usually at this time of the year I post a picture on this blog in lieu of a Christmas card. Very often this is a picture I have taken during the course of the previous year, selected sometimes for …

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Help! I found this image on Bluesky, where it was attributed to Von Bog Witch, to whom I offer huge thanks and appreciation. Unfortunately, despite several attempts, I was unable to find a way to communi…

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YouTube video by Pluto Journals Niebler & Soares Seto speak with U. Huws on how tech work is changing in the new global conjuncture

Wide ranging conversation with Valentin Niebler and Kenzo Soares about changes in tech workers' identities and class consciousness in the current conjuncture (and some reflections on how this has changed over the last 50 years) www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Oow...

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The perverse effects of outsourcing health and care services As my last post indicated, I am currently experiencing very personally and directly the impacts of the outsourcing of health and social services that has been taking place in the UK since the 1980s…

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An uncertain elite : Professional differences and similarities between engineers and tech workers in times of digital transformation <p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" dir="auto" id="d1373472e208">The digital transformation of industries has given rise to new categories of tech workers, such as sof...

How do engineers and tech workers cope with the digital transformation, how far do they show similarities or different es? New paper by my colleagues and me in www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...

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Where's the new Winston now that we need him?

Javier was into parody. But it worked too well as ‘rug pull.’

Are we living in a Usurocracy? How the digital world is putting us all on a subscription leash

Interview with me about forthcoming book by Christine Evans Pughe www.howandwhy.com/ideas/are-we...

Are we living in a Usurocracy? How the digital world is putting us all on a subscription leash

www.howandwhy.com/ideas/are-we...

How BC labour laws enabled historic organizing wins—and what comes next Article by Véronique Sioufi and Iglika Ivanova Véronique Sioufi is the racial equity researcher and policy analyst and Iglika Ivanova is a senior economist at BC Policy Solutions. British Columb...

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Lessons from the gig economy for transforming public services Services like cleaning are increasingly outsourced via online platforms

www.salon.com/2020/09/18/l...

Call for papers: special issue on the legacy of Vincent Mosco Special issue of Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation on Control, Survival, Struggle: Rethinking and Renewing Vincent Mosco’s Political Economy of Communication The theme When…

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The perverse effects of outsourcing health and care services As my last post indicated, I am currently experiencing very personally and directly the impacts of the outsourcing of health and social services that has been taking place in the UK since the 1980s…

Latest blog post from Ursula Huws ursulahuws.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/t...

Another title in our seemingly unstoppable Dynamics of Virtual Work book series

Raising Class Consciousness This book reveals how technology shapes power dynamics, empowering workers to reclaim agency amidst disruption and fostering critical perspectives.

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

The perverse effects of outsourcing health and care services As my last post indicated, I am currently experiencing very personally and directly the impacts of the outsourcing of health and social services that has been taking place in the UK since the 1980s…

Latest blog post from Ursula Huws ursulahuws.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/t...

Back I am now back at my desk after an eventful few weeks. The horrible experience described in my most recent blog has yet to be resolved but has faded into relative insignificance. On September 5th I …

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Judge rules Trump administration can not withhold funding from Harvard The Trump administration illegally withheld federal funding for alleged antisemitism violations, a federal judge in Boston ruled.

Breaking news: The Trump administration illegally withheld billions from Harvard University for alleged violations of rules against antisemitism, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

Data Centers Could Threaten Wisconsin Water, Report Warns Could withdraw some 150 billion gallons of water nationally over next 5 years.

Data Centers Could Threaten Wisconsin Water, Report Warns

Call for papers: special issue on the legacy of Vincent Mosco Special issue of Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation on Control, Survival, Struggle: Rethinking and Renewing Vincent Mosco’s Political Economy of Communication The theme When…

wolg.wordpress.com/special-issu...

Lessons from the gig economy for transforming public services Services like cleaning are increasingly outsourced via online platforms

www.salon.com/2020/09/18/l...

How BC labour laws enabled historic organizing wins—and what comes next Article by Véronique Sioufi and Iglika Ivanova Véronique Sioufi is the racial equity researcher and policy analyst and Iglika Ivanova is a senior economist at BC Policy Solutions. British Columb...

bcpolicy.ca/2025/07/31/u...

Il cybertariato nella globalizzazione
Recensione ragionata del libro di Ursula Huws, Il lavoro nell’economia digitale globale. Il cybertariato diventa maggiorenne, Punto Rosso, 2021. di F. Barbetta Il cybertariato è una realtà nella società contemporanea. Mentre si discute della fine del (1/2)

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