Canadians aren’t imagining the cost-of-living crisis | The-14 New data show Canada’s cost-of-living crisis is real, driven by wage insecurity, housing costs and inequality, not perception or social media hype.

Canadians aren’t imagining the cost-of-living crisis
#Canada #CostOfLiving #EconomicJustice #WageCrisis #HousingCrisis #Inequality #LabourRights #PrecariousWork #MiddleClass #Inflation #PublicPolicy #Poverty #Housing #RentCrisis #Employment #SocialJustice
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Gig-work delivery jobs are getting more dangerous | The-14 Delivery gig jobs promise flexibility but expose workers to danger. Weak labour rights, unsafe streets and algorithmic pressure put lives at risk globally now!

Gig-work delivery jobs are getting more dangerous
#GigWork #DeliveryWorkers #WorkersRights #LabourJustice #PrecariousWork #PlatformEconomy #Unionize #RoadSafety #BikeInfrastructure #MigrantWorkers #AlgorithmicControl #Canada #PublicPolicy #SocialJustice
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A new research-policy snapshot from @crdcn.bsky.social outlines the policy implications of study on #PrecariousWork and #WorkInjury risk by IWH Associate Scientist Dr. Faraz Shahidi.

China's Future Rests on 200 Million Precarious Workers China's economy increasingly relies on 200 million

China's Future Rests on 200 Million Precarious Workers #Technology #Other #ChinaEconomy #PrecariousWork #LaborRights

Australia: Deep course and job cuts at University of Technology Sydney There is outrage because UTS management has suspended and stopped new enrolments for nearly a fifth of its courses and threatened to sack 400 staff—about a tenth of the workforce.

Australia: Deep course and job cuts at University of Technology Sydney #PrecariousWork #precarity #education #higherEd #HigherEducation #workers
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Beyond Bizarre: What Craigslist’s Odd Jobs Really Reveal About Today’s Gig Economy What do Craigslist's bizarre 'odd jobs' reveal about the modern gig economy? An exploration of precarity, flexibility, and the platform's evolving role.

From 'Meowgicians' to Movers: The Shifting Reality of Work on Craigslist

#Craigslist #OddJobs #GigEconomy #SideHustle #PrecariousWork #FreelanceLife #FactRage #FactRageNews

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'These types of jobs often come with low pay, no job security, irregular hours and little access to union protection.’

#PrecariousWork unfortunately continues to evolve, diversify and deepen across Europe, according to a new analysis by @wzwysen.bsky.social

Read it here 🔗 etui.org/ZRS

"In a separate 2023 survey, 74% of U.S. adults said teachers should be paid more, including 39% who said they should be paid a lot more." #teachers #education #workers #PrecariousWork #PoliticalEconomy
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Canada Post is in trouble. Here are the facts | CBC News With another strike looming, Canada Post says it is fighting for its life amid staggering losses.

I love Canada, but we sure are a pack of dumb f*cks when it comes to conflict. Rather than downgrading the quality of a CP job, just make it impossible for Amazon, Fleet Optics etc to skirt the law. Level the playing field. Then raise prices. #CanadaPost #PrecariousWork

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University of Sheffield staff strike against hundreds of job losses The University and College Union is not opposed to redundancies, provided they are sold as “voluntarily”. Sheffield management has therefore said it would not carry through compulsory redundancies unl...

"According to the UCU, the proposals affect 796 staff but up to 1,000 jobs are at risk overall in the restructuring plan." #PrecariousWork #HigherEd #education #workers #precarity
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"Among educators, there is a growing sense of physical and emotional exhaustion resulting from exhausting working hours and the increasing precariousness of teaching work.

Precarious temporary contracts have proliferated..." #PublicEducation #PrecariousWork #PoliticalEconomy #teachers #Brazil

10/13 The interview addresses how marginalized workers remain invisible in political messaging. Precarious employment—predominantly experienced by women, racialized workers and newcomers to Canada—receives little airtime despite representing a growing segment of workers.
#PrecariousWork

Everyone Hates Academic Writing. They’re Wrong. In praise of scholarly prose.

"tenure-track faculty positions in the humanities and much of the social sciences have dried up in the face of austerity and ideological maneuvering. As a result, the audience that existed for academic writing has become almost entirely precarious." #PrecariousWork
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Perspectives on Precarious Academic Labor This review is part of a preview to the spring 2025 issue of Academe. The full issue will be published in May. Contingent Faculty and the Remaking of Higher Education: A Labor History edited by Eric F...

Perspectives on Precarious Academic Labor #PrecariousWork #HigherEd
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Dundee University crisis deepens as lecturer's strike ends, Edinburgh University announces massive cuts As lecturers concluded a three-week strike. Dundee University management announced as many as 632 job losses--around one fifth of the university's entire work force.

Dundee University crisis deepens as lecturer's strike ends, Edinburgh University announces massive cuts #PrecariousWork #HigherEd
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🔊 New podcast: "Hope Labour"

Why are so many academics stuck in precarious contracts? @jamieparis.bsky.social joins The Academic Issue to unpack the ‘Uberification’ of academia.

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#HigherEd #SessionalAcademia #PrecariousWork #Podcast

"The reality is that jobs are not as available as they seem to be — and the jobs that are available for young teachers often come in the form of rolling temporary contracts, which allow for your career to be terminated without justification." #PrecariousWork #PublicEducation

Jobs cull at universities in Wales, part of over 10,000 losses UK wide Stopping the destruction of large parts of higher education will require workers to confront the Labour Party and its partners in the trade union bureaucracy. Any notion that Labour can be pressured t...

Jobs cull at universities in Wales, part of over 10,000 losses UK wide #PrecariousWork #HigherEd
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"Jennifer explained the tier system that splits faculty into full-time, 3-year contracts and 1-year contracts. Thirty of the latter were laid off during the previous year. She added, “We need to invest in education, ensure that students get the education they deserve.” #PrecariousWork #HigherEd

Students and faculty protest layoffs at California State University system Despite widespread outrage over the layoffs and budget cuts, the CFA union is making clear it will passively accept the attacks.

Students and faculty protest layoffs at California State University system #PrecariousWork #precarity #teaching #PublicEducation #HigherEd #highereducation
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Citations: Precarity and informal workplace learning: changing employment regulations and professional practices of teachers* #PrecariousWork #PublicEducation #Teachers #precarity #work #neoliberalism www.tandfonline.com/doi/citedby/...

"A Freedom of Information (FOI) request by the University and College Union (UCU) shared with the Observer revealed approximately 61 percent of core tutorial teaching at 24 Oxford University colleges is conducted by casualised academic workers." #PrecariousWork #precarity #HigherEducation #HigherEd

Extreme casualisation at Oxford University highlights gig-economy conditions across sector Publication by the University and College Union bureaucracy of information exposing the shoddy wages, terms and conditions of academics only adds insult to injury to its 120,000 union members, as all ...

"The University of Oxford is employing lecturers and researchers on insecure, precarious and poorly paid fixed-term and open-ended contracts, with many paid by-the-hour, a freedom of information request has revealed." #PrecariousWork #Precarity #HigherEducation #HigherEd www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

"Sheridan College to suspend 40 programs and reduce staff, citing drop in enrolment
School predicting 30% fewer students in coming years, president says" - You can't have academic freedom when there's #PrecariousWork #HigherEd #precarity #HigherEducation
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The event concluded with a roundtable featuring Sarah Murphy (Greater Manchester Law Centre), Jonathan Davies (University of Manchester), & Ceri Hughes (AMBS) discussing the overlooked issue of unpaid labour in contemporary labour markets. #DecentWork #UnpaidLabour #LabourRights #PrecariousWork

Homeless astrophysics professor speaks out on poverty pay at UCLA UCLA astrophysics professor Daniel McKeown became homeless after working a year with a paltry salary. McKeown has been retaliated against by the administration for his outspoken social media posts den...

#precarious #work #PrecariousWork #PublicEducation #highered #highereducation
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Interesting how these ‘weeks’ appear!
My MSc research was about how orchestral musicians look after their self-care. I’ve just edited it for publication 😮‍💨 Looking forward to getting my findings out there as there are overlaps for #freelancework #precariouswork #loneworking

The Politics of Unpaid Labour Come join us for workshop held by the ResPecTMe project investigating the politics of unpaid labour.

Join us on the 21 Nov (1-4pm) at AMBS for a workshop by WEI & ResPecTMe. Valeria Pulignano presents her book The Politics of Unpaid Labour + a discussion on the inequality of unpaid work. #UnpaidLabour #PrecariousWork #Inequality #GreaterManchester
🔗 Register here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-politi...