International Labour Review

🚨 Green ≠ always decent! 🚨

Forthcoming in our Issue 1 for 2026, @mathisbachelot.bsky.social & Mathilde Guergoat-Larivière from @univlille.bsky.social use 🇫🇷 data to show how green jobs can mean lower pay & less security for some. 📉👩‍🔧

#SustainableWork #GreenTransition

✨ A glimpse of what’s coming in Issue 3 next month: unions and social dialogue were lifelines for frontline workers during the pandemic.

🔖 Read the early view article via @openlibhums.org ⬇️

#CollectiveBargaining #DecentWork #FrontlineWorkers #COVID19

💡 “AI can create new possibilities for independent work… but risks are particularly pronounced for low-skilled and low-wage workers.”

👀 Ronald Bachmann of @rwi.bsky.social breaks down why digital transformation is not a win for everyone.

🔗 bit.ly/4fxBUbd

#DigitalEconomy #FutureOfWork #Inequality

🤖 Is tech giving workers more freedom… or boxing them in?

📊 Fresh in the International Labour Review, our new research dives into AI and automation’s real impact on self-employment in Europe.

The results might surprise you.

🔗 bit.ly/4fxBUbd

#FutureOfWork #AI #DecentWork #LabourRights

✊ “The presence of workplace unions is linked to better compliance even where activity is restricted.”

📢 @luisalupo.bsky.social from @gvagrad.bsky.social shows how unions make a difference when it matters most.

#UnionsMatter #LabourStandards #WorkersRights

📦 “Investing in local collective organisation is not just policy, it is real accountability.”

🔍 Anil Verma from @rotmanschool.bsky.social explains why brands & programmes need to back local actors to raise labour standards.

#SupplyChainTransparency #DecentWork #BetterWork

✨ Fresh from our latest issue: Can local industrial relations really raise labour standards in global supply chains?

💡📊 Based on a decade of #BetterWork data, this research shows change is possible even in challenging contexts.

🔗 bit.ly/3H2zaWL

#LabourRights #DecentWork #GlobalSupplyChains

📘 Issue 2/2025 is packed with insight on migration, skills, inequality, tech, climate and more.

Explore the latest labour research — now #OpenAccess w @openlibhums.bsky.social.

🔗 bit.ly/4lmf2Oc

#ILR #FutureOfWork #LabourResearch #DecentWork

📚👥 Why are some Spanish regions seeing more youth overeducation?

Our authors find that both supply and demand matter.

Tertiary-educated youth are displacing others into mismatched jobs — not unemployment.

#YouthEmployment #Overeducation #Spain

🌡️👷‍♂️ Climate shocks are reshaping labour in sub-Saharan Africa.

Rising temperatures reduce youth jobs and hurt agriculture.

Workers shift into manufacturing and services.

#ClimateChange #YouthJobs #Africa

🧵 Can local unions and bargaining improve labour standards in global supply chains?

Yes, under certain conditions.

Using #BetterWork data from 7 countries, research published in our latest issue shows local industrial relations help even where rights are restricted.

#LabourStandards #Unions

🎓📏 Think you're overeducated? Maybe not.

Latest research published in the ILR uses skills data to rethink mismatch.

When actual abilities are factored in, overeducation rates fall — and vary by country.

#SkillsMismatch #PIAAC #Education

💬💼 What does firm-level bargaining do to wage inequality?

Using data from 6 countries, latest research shows the effect depends on national context and time period.

No single pattern fits all.

#WageInequality #Bargaining #Europe

🤖👥 Tech is shaking up self-employment in Europe.

🔹 Labour-augmenting tech = more movement between jobs and solo self-employment

🔹 Labour-saving tech = lower chances of becoming self-employed

Low-skilled workers are hit hardest.

#TechAndWork #SelfEmployment

💶📊 What moves people across borders in the 🇪🇺 ?

A new study finds earnings differences have a stronger pull than unemployment, but cultural closeness and family links matter more overall.

Labour mobility still plays a limited role.

#EU #Migration #Mobility

📢 Hot off the press: International Labour Review Issue 2/2025 is here! 🗞️🌍

From migration and mismatch to unions, tech and climate, this issue spans Europe, sub-Saharan Africa, and global supply chains.

🧵 Highlights below ⬇️

🔗 bit.ly/4lmf2Oc

#ILR #LabourResearch #OpenAccess #DecentWork

’Tis the (conference) season! 🎓🌏

From📍 #RDW2025 in Geneva to📍 #LLRN7 in Bangkok, we connected with familiar faces in new cities to join dynamic conversations shaping the future of work ✊🗞️

#LabourResearch #OpenAccess #DecentWork

🌟 Continue the conversation today on #DomesticWorkersDay! 💪🏽🏠

Browse through our Special Issue edited by Karen Jaehrling, Francesca Pereyra & Lorena Poblete 📖✨

👇 Dive in here: bit.ly/3HXbe6V

📌 Standout themes:

🧾 Gaps between law and practice

🤝 Employer–worker dynamics

💡 The limits of top-down regulation

📱 The rise of digital platforms in domestic work

🔥 What makes this issue unique?

It looks at formalization as a process, not just a law.

➡️ It’s shaped by:

⚖️ Legal frameworks
🏛️ Institutions
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Worker action
💬 Social norms
🤖 Technology

🔍✨ Featured country case studies:

🇧🇷 Brazil
🇮🇳 India
🇿🇦 South Africa
🇦🇷 Argentina
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇪🇸 Spain

Each article shows how formalization plays out in real life — from ⚖️ courtrooms to 🍳 kitchen floors 🏠✨

📚 This issue dives into what it takes to bring domestic work out of the shadows and into formal recognition! 💼🏠

From ⚖️ legal reforms to 📱 platform work, and from 🤝 worker organizing to 🏛️ state capacity, our authors unpack what’s driving progress...

... and what’s still standing in the way 🚧

📢 It’s #DomesticWorkersDay!

To mark the day, we’re spotlighting our Special Issue on the formalization of paid domestic work 📝👩🏽‍🦱

Published in 2024, it brings together rich research from across the globe 🌍

🧵 Highlights below ⬇️

#ILR #LabourResearch #OpenAccess

👋 We talked peer review, publishing tips, and the future of work, what more could you want from a conference coffee break? ☕📖

Thanks to everyone who joined us at Meet the Managing Editor at #ILC2025!

Missed it? We’ve still got copies waiting for you at the Publications stand🗞️😉

@aristea

📚 From the ILR shelves to the floor of #ILC2025!

We’re here at the International Labour Conference 🎤✨

Huge thanks to everyone who’s stopped by to grab their copy 🙌

Haven’t yet? Swing by the Publications stand & pick yours up! 🗞️💼

@aristeakoukiadaki.bsky.social @leovita-finzi.bsky.social

✨ We love to see labour research shine! ✨

🎉 Huge congrats to Leda Pérez & Andrea Gandolfi — @lasabluesky.bsky.social 🧠 Labour Studies section gave an honourable mention 🏅 to their ILR article on domestic workers & disformality in Peru!

🔍 Read the piece: bit.ly/3ZwPrsG

🌍 Flavia Maximo calls for sustainability frameworks that centre communities facing the real costs of extraction.

Read how the latest ILR Special Issue brings decolonial thought to the heart of #SustainableWork:

🔗 bit.ly/4jEG7Ls

#Acasky #LabourResearch #OpenAccess #OA

📢 What if sustainability was redefined by those most affected by extractivism?

In our latest blog, Ania Zbyszewska imagines what #SustainableWork could mean when rooted in care, land, and community.

🔗 bit.ly/4jEG7Ls

#LabourResearch #OpenAccess #Acasky

🗣️ Language matters. Access matters. History matters.

Dr Katherine Parker-Hay reflects on ILR's history and what’s next for our move to @janewayolh.bsky.social & @openlibhums.bsky.social: multilingual, equitable, and transparent publishing🌱

International Labour Review transitions to open access

The @ilo.org International Labour Review, one of the world’s leading publications on world-of-work knowledge and research, transitions to open access with the Open Library of Humanities. www.ilo.org/resource/new...