Technology assisted organising: Getting the vote out during a pandemic
Presentation / Conference
Richards, J., & Ellis, V. (2021, May)
Technology assisted organising: Getting the vote out during a pandemic. Paper presented at Challenging Tech, Cardiff University
In 2017, the Trade Union Act 2016 (the Act) became law in the UK, an Act extending several decades of anti-union measures, but notable for the setting of a 50% threshold in st...
Developing the concept of leaveism: From a form of presenteeism/absence to an emergent and expanding domain of work
Presentation / Conference
Richards, J., Canduela, J., Pustelnikovaite, T., Ellis, V., & Saxena, S. (2021, April)
Developing the concept of leaveism: From a form of presenteeism/absence to an emergent and expanding domain of work. Paper presented at International Labour Process Conference, University of Greenwich
The purpose of the paper is to develop the emergent notion of leaveism by drawing on concepts related to work intensification (WI) and ideal worker (IW) norms. The argument dr...
Unheard voices of decline in the Scottish Oil Sector
Presentation / Conference
O'Neil, J., & Ellis, V. (2018, June)
Unheard voices of decline in the Scottish Oil Sector. Presented at BUIRA History of Industrial Relations Study Group, University of Westminster
This paper examines how employment in the Scottish oil industry is changing as the industry declines, shedding in excess of 120,000 jobs between 2014 and 2016 as oil prices fe...
Satire and shop-talk: The purpose and importance of sounding off in cyberspace
Presentation / Conference
Richards, J., & Ellis, V. (2008, March)
Satire and shop-talk: The purpose and importance of sounding off in cyberspace. Paper presented at International Labour Process Conference, Dublin
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