Why Elon Musk’s A$44 billion payday should worry Australians
My thoughts in today’s Independent Australia
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Professor, Work&Employment @ul. Fellow @AcadSocSciences @WorkEqualities Dad, Everton Fan, Humanist. Own views (obviously). Re-tweets not an endorsement.
Why Elon Musk’s A$44 billion payday should worry Australians
My thoughts in today’s Independent Australia
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
Our new report on work and health international comparisons with the UK. We analyse EU15 data on economic inactivity and long-term ill health & discuss international policy differences. www.employment-studies.co.uk/resource/wor... @employmentstudies.bsky.social
11.02.2025 14:00 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0I hope this comes off
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Come on down to Wednesday at #ResearchWeekUL.
There is a bumper number of events on today, all showcasing how UL is pushing boundaries when it comes to research.
Check out ul.ie/researchweek for all the details.
#ResearchImpact #StayCurious ##ResearchAtUL
Brilliant reflective insight on neoliberalism. It’s on revision list for my students @unioflimerick.bsky.social to check before exams.
27.04.2025 13:39 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Synchronisity again. Wondering same after driving from Limerick to Galway
27.04.2025 13:31 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0This is good stuff.
archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...
Cheaper to film in Ireland than LA
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
The US may be reversing course on child labour @sarahoconnorft.ft.com
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My book review of Gregor Gall’s book: ‘Mick Lynch - Making of Working Class Hero’, in Capital & Class
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The EU Minimum Wage Directive: To Be or Not to Be?
@@RolandErne @UCD www.tasc.ie/blog/2025/02...
Students must learn to be more than mindless ‘machine-minders’ @sarahoconnorft.ft.com
04.03.2025 09:42 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The great escapism: Everton’s Corner Flag Guy and football’s lasting capacity for joy
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
13.02.2025 12:24 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Last derby at Goodison. COYBs.
Last derby at Goodison. COYBs.
12.02.2025 17:29 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0'More than half of the AI-generated answers provided by ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini and Perplexity were judged to have “significant issues”, according to the study by the BBC.'
Link to study: www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/... 1/3
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
10.02.2025 09:59 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Happy to now have another paper from the PhD out with @ronancarbery.bsky.social @amcdonnellhrm.bsky.social, and Stefan Jooss! 😊 This paper finds home in an exciting special issue on 'Power relations in the digital economy', which will be out in due course (Link to paper in comments)
10.02.2025 09:39 — 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 4 📌 0History, memory, grief and belonging: my bittersweet Goodison farewell @lexytopping.bsky.social. Making a last pilgrimage myself on Wednesday. COYBs.
10.02.2025 09:38 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1In the latest episode of the We Society podcast 🎙️ Will Hutton is joined by Prof. Clare Kelliher & Prof. Brendan Burchell @camsociology.bsky.social to discuss the changing landscape of work culture incl. the feasibility of the 4-day work week.
Listen 👂 ➡️ https://buff.ly/4gmPNb6
Very sad. Great loss to labour and sociology www.ktvu.com/news/uc-berk...
05.02.2025 09:24 — 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1Brilliant gear. Give them a shout out
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Opening plenary / panel debate / launch of new ‘Work-Net International’ - connecting work & employment researchers @worknetint.bsky.social @workequalities.bsky.social @official-uom.bsky.social
21.01.2025 16:16 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Why micro-retirement has become a new workplace trend for Gen Z & millennials. Analysis by Maeve Toohey @unioflimerick.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
21.01.2025 08:02 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0"The Global South’s workforce provides a staggering 90% of the labor to power the world economy, yet gets only 21% of global income."
www.science.org/content/arti...
New research outlining limits to so-called work engagement for hospitality sector workers. @ulresearch.bsky.social @workequalities.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
08.01.2025 09:25 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Hard work and struggle in hospitality
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Why is Jeremy Hunt wrong to say businessmen should take over running the country? Why is Sir Keir wrong to privilege business perspectives over others?
Making money and creating a functional, healthy society are two VERY different jobs, I told @lbc.co.uk