Ian Roper

University strikes: can workers fully withdraw labour in the digital age? theconversation.com/university-str…

How does organising non-regular workers affect a #TradeUnion? ow.ly/3fw930jdIJG

BBC News - Women 'more likely to be paid less than minimum wage' bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

Our April issue explores 'Professions, Skills and Deprofessionalisation' - read it here: ow.ly/uXPT30j3Dwt

"Erecting economic barriers to employment via the high cost of taking an internship is just one more way to reserve the highest-status jobs for the elite" ow.ly/MTif30jb5Kc Featuring research from WES: ow.ly/kL1S30jb5UF

Tesco equal pay claim could cost supermarket up to £4bn theguardian.com/business/2018/…

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Middlesex University will be hosting the 2018 @BUIRAonline conference. Please submit papers by the 30th of January: buira.org/conference/11

Petition: Tell the PM to face down Boris & Gove's Brexit plan to scrap our holiday rights campaign.goingtowork.org.uk/petitions/hand…

Moral economy, intermediaries and intensified competition in the labour market for function musicians ow.ly/SeLs30gV4YA

‘When the stomach is full we look for respect’: perceptions of ‘good work’ in the urban informal sectors of three developing countries ow.ly/JcaF30gV4U2

⚠️⚠️BUIRA 2018 Conference. Call for papers open! 27 to 29 June, Middlesex University buira.org/conferences. Deadline for abstracts 30 Jan!

New study emphasises need to distinguish between different forms of work orientation, job content and well-being ow.ly/rPCQ30gt8bE

⚠️⚠️BUIRA 2018 Conference. Call for papers open! 27 to 29 June, Middlesex University buira.org/conferences. Deadline for abstracts 30 Jan!

In the final #UnpaidBritain report, a team of researchers led by Nick Clark @MDXbusiness has discovered that British employers withhold over £3 billion a year from workers in order to boost profits: bit.ly/Unpaid-Britain…

#UnpaidBritain - A scandal hiding in plain sight | Read the full report on how £3bn is taken from workers - Unpaid Britain: wage default in the British labour market - unpaidbritain.org/2017/11/30/unp…

BUIRA 2018 Conference. Call for papers open! 27 to 29 June, Middlesex University buira.org/conferences. Deadline for abstracts 30 Jan!

6 months since 77yr old Grandpa's medical & still no eye op or cancer tests! Please Iran #FreeKamalForoughi change.org/p/theresa-may-…

Eye op cancelled, 5 years no cancer tests or visitors! Ambassador @baeidinejad #FreeGrandpaKamal from #Evin change.org/p/theresa-may-…