Kurt Vandaele

In Spain, Amazon Workers Win with Quick-Hit Walkouts At an Amazon fulfillment center in Spain, we used a flurry of brief walkouts late last year to force the company to improve wages and time off. We struck for three days in November and in December in ...

In Spain, Amazon Workers Win with Quick-Hit Walkouts, see socialistproject.ca/2026/03/spai...

Modeling the Impact of Sectoral Bargaining for U.S. Workers New statistical modeling suggests that sectoral bargaining could more than double collective bargaining coverage in the United States and generate big gains in union density.

Modeling the Impact of Sectoral Bargaining for U.S. Workers www.americanprogress.org/article/mode...

Hoe kunnen vakbonden hun ledenaantallen weer opkrikken? Decennialang was België de uitzondering op de dalende syndicalisatiegraad, maar nu niet meer. Welke innovaties kunnen vakbonden uit de neerwaartse spiraal...

Decennialang was België de uitzondering op de dalende syndicalisatiegraad, maar nu niet meer. Welke innovaties kunnen vakbonden uit de neerwaartse spiraal trekken? (www.sampol.be/2025/12/hoe-...)

Grèves et conflictualité sociale en 2024 - La librairie du CRISP Courrier hebdomadaire n° 2664-2665, par I. Gracos, 132 p., 2025

Grèves et conflictualité sociale en 2024 www.crisp.be/librairie/ca...

Largest nurses strike in New York City history ends as holdout workers ratify contract The largest nurses strike in New York City history ended this weekend when the last holdout nurses voted to ratify a contract and agreed to return to work.

New York City nurses get a deal, end strike, ratify contract. “The largest nurses strike in New York City history ended this weekend when the last holdouts in the 41-day labor action overwhelmingly voted to ratify a contract and agreed to return to work, officials said." abcnews.com/US/largest-n...

ABVV-econoom Lars Vande Keybus fileert het loonkostenverhaal: waarom ‘loondumping’ in België geen karikatuur is Volgens Lars Vande Keybus, economisch adviseur bij de vakbond ABVV, klopt het dominante verhaal over ontsporende loonkosten niet. Hij stelt dat België integendeel een loonkostenvoordeel heeft opgebouw...

De prehistorische loonhandicap is irrelevant voor de economie van vandaag.

www.demorgen.be/meningen/abv...

Call for Participation – ipb Online Colloquium “Politics from below” Spring 2026 – ipb – Institut für Protest- und Bewegungsforschung The Institute for Protest and Social Movement Research (ipb) warmly invites submissions for its colloquium series “Politics from Below”. The call is addressed to researchers working in the field of…

The Institute for Protest and Social Movement Research warmly invites submissions for its colloquium series “Politics from Below”!

📩 If you are interested, please send a short description of your contribution to info@protestinstitut.eu by 18 March 2026.

Van wie is de uitspraak “Sommige ouders geven het kindergeld uit aan drank en gokmachines”? A. De Wever. B. Bouchez. C. Rousseau. Twijfel? Snap ik, want er is geen enkel verschil meer tussen N-VA, MR of Vooruit in de manier waarop over kwetsbare mensen wordt gepraat. www.demorgen.be/meningen/in-...

Workers’ resolve drives increase in unionization in 2025 In 2025, 16.5 million workers in the United States were represented by a union—an increase of 463,000 from 2024 and the highest number of unionized workers in the U.S. in 16 years. These 16.5 million ...

US: Workers’ resolve drives increase in unionization in 2025 www.epi.org/publication/...

Labor Action Tracker 2025

📣 The Labor Action Tracker 2025 Annual Report is officially here, courtesy of ILRLaborAction, CornellILR, and LER_Illinois! Check out the link below for the full report, or take a look at the overview in the following thread! www.ilr.cornell.edu/faculty-and-...

Socialist Co-Ops Against Silicon Valley Empires Co-ops are often dismissed as attempts to create islands of socialism. But building democratically controlled tech infrastructure can be part of a wider movement for working-class power.

Socialist Co-Ops Against Silicon Valley Empires jacobin.com/2026/02/soci... via @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social

New article: Diffusing innovations for revitalisation: Conditions and mechanisms across western European and CEE trade unions

" waar Vooruit in 2019 slechts 10,4% van de arbeidersklasse kan bekoren, scoort PS – dat het klassenbewustzijn nog regelmatig aanwakkert – in Franstalig België er nog steeds 48,3%." via @sampolmaandblad.bsky.social www.sampol.be/2026/02/waar...

📘 New publication on SAGE

In a new article published in the European Journal of Industrial Relations, @kurtvandaele.bsky.social uses the country chapters from the ETUI book 'When trade unions learn to innovate' as cases for QCA, interpreting the results through a critical realist approach.

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👉 Read the article: buff.ly/UzncXN9
📖 Explore the ETUI book for detailed case studies: etui.org/4Jk

New article: Diffusing innovations for revitalisation: Conditions and mechanisms across western European and CEE trade unions

a man is riding a segway in an office with the words welcome aboard below him Alt: Michael Scott, character from the US Office, is riding a segway into an office with the words 'Welcome aboard!' below him

📣Hello Bluesky! 👋

Me (Holly Smith, new Social Media Editor), @ryanlamare.bsky.social (Editor-In-Chief), & the rest of the #BJIR board are delighted to launch our new socials today!

Join us here for all things #industrialrelations - related (is that a hashtag?)

'The Oxford Handbook of Belgian Politics' is published. Five parts, 41 chapters. Congratulations to the editors: Min Reuchamps Marleen Brans Petra Meier Emilie van Haute.
Chapter 20 in Part III is on 'Trade Unions in Belgium’, written with Jean Faniel
ToC here: lnkd.in/eA2RvtmU

Common Pressures, Uneven Trajectories: The Variegated Europeanisation of Wage Regulation Institutions The debate on whether national industrial relations (IR) are experiencing convergence is a long-standing one. Recently, scholars argue that we are witnessing a neoliberal convergence of national IR, ...

I'm happy to share this article, which is now out in open access in the British Journal of Industrial Relations, and seeks to contribute to the debate on neoliberalisation & europeanisation of industrial relations
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Als het management mag beslissen welke actie redelijk is, dan kan het elke staking verbieden Voor wie zijn de spoorstakingen niet redelijk, vragen Jan Buelens en Patrick Humblet zich af.

Als het management mag beslissen welke actie redelijk is, dan kan het elke #staking verbieden www.standaard.be/opinies/als-... via @standaard.be

NEW PAPER ALERT! My paper, with @bjornhoyland.bsky.social , on how “policy loss” shapes support for the EU has just been published in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. Check it out!
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❗#JobAlert: upcoming deadline

The ETUI is looking for a Database Administrator to play a central role in managing the Institute’s #data-related activities.

Don't miss the opportunity to be part of a dynamic research environment!

🔗 Apply by 31 January: etui.org/4Z5
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Terug naar negentiende-eeuws liberalisme met Frédéric De Gucht Jef Maes is auteur van Onze sociale zekerheid. Ervaringen en voorstellen en gewezen topman bij het ABVV. Hij vindt dat Anders-voorzitter Frédéric De Gucht teruggrijpt naar negentiende-eeuwse recepten....

Jef Maes heeft overschot van gelijk. "Heel het sociale discours van De Gucht klinkt origineel en (..) eenvoudig. Maar de facto is het niets anders dan (..) de liberale recepten van de negentiende eeuw, waarbij de overheid niets mocht doen op sociaal vlak."

www.demorgen.be/meningen/ter...

Thousands of nurses go on strike at several major New York City hospitals Thousands of nurses at several major New York City hospitals have gone on strike. Nurses were to start walking off the job Monday starting at 6 a.m. after negotiations through the weekend failed to yield a breakthrough.

BREAKING: Thousands of nurses go on strike at several major New York City hospitals after weekend negotiations over contract disputes fail.

Contrary to death-of-class perspectives, class identities are as relevant socially today as they were 50-70 years ago.

Very happy to see this out in CPS! We study class identities and their social and political relevance over several decades in Britain, Denmark, Norway, and the US. A small thread:

journals.sagepub.com/eprint/SIRW4...

Congratulations to the editors.
Chapter 35 in Section Six is on the ‘Unionisation of Digital Labour’

A Dutch worker went viral after explaining to their American boss that they have a life outside work.