The Journal of Industrial Relations (#JIR) Editors-in-Chief Prof. Lucy Taksa and Prof Amanda Pyman are delighted to introduce the 2025 Annual Review of Critical Developments in Industrial Relations. #JIR2025
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LERA@ASSA 2026 will take place in π Philadelphia, PA, ποΈ January 3β5, 2026, alongside the ASSA/AEA meetings.
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Celebrating one year since the Nov 2024 issue!
Explore many of the topics directly from the authors through video abstracts and interviews, all available on #JIR YouTube www.youtube.com/@JournalofIn...
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The Journal of Industrial Relations (#JIR) Editors-in-Chief Prof. Lucy Taksa and Prof Amanda Pyman are delighted to introduce the 2025 Annual Review of Critical Developments in Industrial Relations journals.sagepub.com/toc/JIR/0/0
#industrialrelations #AIinworkplace
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An analysis of the relation between perceived shop stewardsβ effectiveness and trade union membersβ attitudes in Malta
Study of union members in Malta shows that when stewards are seen as effective, members report greater trust and willingness to take part in union activitiesβfrom meetings to industrial action.
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#IndustrialRelations #Unions
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Practitioner-led research in #JIR shares what nearly 2,000 Australian federal public servants think about AI at work.
By Osmond Chiu and Katie Higgins (ACPSU)
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#Labor #PublicSector #AIatWork #UnionResearch #IndustrialRelations #FutureOfWork @futureofwork.bsky.social
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Study of 666 Reykjavik #Marathon runners finds: the deeper your involvement, the higher your well-being. Allegiant runners scored stronger in positive emotion, meaning, & accomplishment. Running = more than fitness. #Running #Wellbeing #perma
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What is working-class power?
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Watch Masoud Movahed to know more - βWorking-class structural power, associational power, and income inequalityβ
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Call for nominations - UPCOMING DEADLINE
ποΈ Closing date: 6 November 2025
Send your suggested articles (must have been published in JIR within the past two years) π© to jir@deakin.edu.au
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How can govts use AI responsiblyβwith safeguards, training & consultation? Survey of ~2,000 APS staff finds optimism but major worries: lack of input, poor training, unclear rules, #risks to #trust #AIGovernance @designtrustnyc.bsky.social @australiainstitute.org.au
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Last week, our Co-Editor-in-Chief, Prof Lucy Taksa, represented the #JIR at the 2025 #ALERA Conference in Brisbane, where she chaired a panel addressing the question:
Will workplace relations become artificially intelligent?
#industrialrelations #AI #employmentrelations #conference #ALERA2025
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New research by Judith S. Zhu & Michael Barry offers a historical review of Employer Associations (EAs) in China, showing how their capacity to act independently depends heavily on the political regime @ilr-rit.bsky.social @naceweb.org @foreignpolicy.com
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
As part of its 65th anniversary in 2024, the Journal of Industrial Relations (ALERA Sage) launched two awards to honor outstanding scholarship in the field:
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The JIR Fran Hayes Award
π The JIR Joe Isaac Award
π© to jir@deakin.edu.au
ποΈ Closing date: 6 November 2025
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Visit the #JIR YouTube channelβitβs full of content perfect for classroom use or professional practice. Youβll find interviews with renowned scholars, case studies, and more.
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#videoabstracts #JIR #industrialrelations
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Clip Inertia in transformed times: Work health and safety amid climate change
Clip from #videoabstract https://doi.org/10.1177/00221856241295497
In this clip, Australiaβs government history of climate action is framed as inertiaβnot bold reform. Adaptation must proceed, not stall.
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@350.org @clientearth.bsky.social #JIR #industrialrelations #Australia #climateaction ,
02.10.2025 19:04 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Digitalisation, unions and βcountry-effectβ: Does union strength at the workplace matter?
Caroline Lloyd and Jonathan Payne examine how trade unions in the UK and Norway influence digitalization in food and drink manufacturing --> union presence at the workplace matters π―
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#JIR2025 #digitalization #TradeUnions
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Read the review by Nathan Burke of Fulfilling the Pledge: Securing Industrial Democracy for American Workers in a Digital Economy by Roger C. Hartley here doi.org/10.1177/0022...
#MIT #bookreview #industrialrelations
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New article "argues that the increased autonomy afforded to employees by remote work is paradoxical. Many interviewees worked longer hours and experienced work intensification, as well as an unwelcome blurring of the work and home spheres"
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#psychosocialworkplacehazards
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Peter Turnbullβs review on Richard Hymanβs Concise Introduction to Employment Relations (Edward Elgar) is now available on the Journal of Industrial Relations π doi.org/10.1177/0022...
#bookreview #industrialrelations
01.09.2025 19:02 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
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60 seconds Β· Clipped by Journal of Industrial Relations Β· Original video "Climate, Law & Labor: A Conversation on Work Health and Safety in a Warming World #...
What can workers do to fight and reduce climate emissions and global warming
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π #JIR article Legal obstacles and possibilities for environmental bargaining in Australia.
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#climateaction
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@climatenews.bsky.social @mongabay.com @carbonbrief.org @heatmap.news @pik-potsdam.bsky.social @eeb.org @bjerknes.uib.no @wwattribution.bsky.social @mightyearth.org @landclimate.bsky.social @democracynow.org
25.08.2025 19:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The emergence of intra-labor organizing: A case study analysis of the Climate Jobs National Resource Center movement in the USA
J. Mijin Cha and Hunter Moskowitz's new article doi.org/10.1177/0022... explains how recent union support for green policies is defined by intra-labor coalitions, i.e. alliances focused on securing good jobs and labor standards in the renewable energy sector.
#ClimateJobs #Unions
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Closing the Gender Pay Gap: Why Intermediaries Matter - Social Science Space
Despite decades of reform, gender pay gaps (GPGs) remain a stubborn and unjust feature of labour markets globally. On average, women are [β¦]
This piece by Miguel MartΓnez Lucio and MartΓ Lopez-Andreu
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argues that labor market intermediaries (like agencies and platforms) play a hidden but powerful role in sustaining inequality.
#genderpaygap #workplacejustice @workequalities.bsky.social
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YouTube video by Journal of Industrial Relations
Climate, Law & Labor: A Conversation on Work Health and Safety in a Warming World #videoabstract
What happens when climate change collides with labor law & workplace safety? Eugene Schofield-Georgeson and I discuss our recent articles from @jirjournal.bsky.social on how frameworks are adaptingβor failing to adaptβto the realities of climate disruption
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A kind reminder of some #ALERA2025 key dates!
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Observatoire de recherche situΓ© Γ l'UniversitΓ© de MontrΓ©al pour comprendre et #prΓ©venir les problΓ¨mes de #santΓ© et de #mieuxΓͺtre qui touchent la #maindoeuvre et #intervenir dans les milieux de #travail.
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