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A Winter Strike in Japan

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By Michael Brown In mid-December 2021, several of my colleagues and I found ourselves bracing the winter air and striking in front of the corporate headquarters of the university where we work. We chanted, gave…

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Precarity – Can you measure it?

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Alejandra Vives Vergara and her co-researchers have developed the Employment Precariousness Scale (EPRES). This scale is important because it connects precariousness with health outcomes. Their research, published in the Occupational & Environmental Medicine (OEM) journal…

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Time to talk about … jumping ship

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In this interview Phil Longwell talks about his research on how teachers have handled the Covid-19 pandemic, positive psychology, and why he’s jumping ship. We’re publishing this to coincide with the final Time to Talk…

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We need to talk about…flexibility

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Employers believe that the fixed, temporary, zero- and short-hours contracts that dominate many workplaces today give them flexibility. And this flexibility helps them to plan, predict costs, and save money. How such flexibility helps workers is…

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