Should business schools be trying harder to help businesses? My answer would be a definite no. Try harder to help people, workers, citizens, society.

Why Elon Musk’s A$44 billion payday should worry Australians My thoughts in today’s Independent Australia independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

Our new report on work and health international comparisons with the UK. We analyse EU15 data on economic inactivity and long-term ill health & discuss international policy differences. www.employment-studies.co.uk/resource/wor... @employmentstudies.bsky.social

I hope this comes off www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Come on down to Wednesday at #ResearchWeekUL. There is a bumper number of events on today, all showcasing how UL is pushing boundaries when it comes to research. Check out ul.ie/researchweek for all the details. #ResearchImpact #StayCurious ##ResearchAtUL

Brilliant reflective insight on neoliberalism. It’s on revision list for my students @unioflimerick.bsky.social to check before exams.

Synchronisity again. Wondering same after driving from Limerick to Galway

This is good stuff. archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...

Cheaper to film in Ireland than LA www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

The US may be reversing course on child labour @sarahoconnorft.ft.com www.ft.com/content/

My book review of Gregor Gall’s book: ‘Mick Lynch - Making of Working Class Hero’, in Capital & Class journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

The EU Minimum Wage Directive: To Be or Not to Be? @@RolandErne @UCD www.tasc.ie/blog/2025/02...

Students must learn to be more than mindless ‘machine-minders’ @sarahoconnorft.ft.com

The great escapism: Everton’s Corner Flag Guy and football’s lasting capacity for joy www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Last derby at Goodison. COYBs.

'More than half of the AI-generated answers provided by ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini and Perplexity were judged to have “significant issues”, according to the study by the BBC.' Link to study: www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/... 1/3

Happy to now have another paper from the PhD out with @ronancarbery.bsky.social @amcdonnellhrm.bsky.social, and Stefan Jooss! 😊 This paper finds home in an exciting special issue on 'Power relations in the digital economy', which will be out in due course (Link to paper in comments)

History, memory, grief and belonging: my bittersweet Goodison farewell @lexytopping.bsky.social. Making a last pilgrimage myself on Wednesday. COYBs.

In the latest episode of the We Society podcast 🎙️ Will Hutton is joined by Prof. Clare Kelliher & Prof. Brendan Burchell @camsociology.bsky.social to discuss the changing landscape of work culture incl. the feasibility of the 4-day work week. Listen 👂 ➡️ https://buff.ly/4gmPNb6

Very sad. Great loss to labour and sociology www.ktvu.com/news/uc-berk...

Brilliant gear. Give them a shout out lonewolfgang.co.uk

Opening plenary / panel debate / launch of new ‘Work-Net International’ - connecting work & employment researchers @worknetint.bsky.social @workequalities.bsky.social @official-uom.bsky.social

Why micro-retirement has become a new workplace trend for Gen Z & millennials. Analysis by Maeve Toohey @unioflimerick.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

"The Global South’s workforce provides a staggering 90% of the labor to power the world economy, yet gets only 21% of global income." www.science.org/content/arti...

New research outlining limits to so-called work engagement for hospitality sector workers. @ulresearch.bsky.social @workequalities.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Hard work and struggle in hospitality open.spotify.com/episode/108Q...

Why is Jeremy Hunt wrong to say businessmen should take over running the country? Why is Sir Keir wrong to privilege business perspectives over others? Making money and creating a functional, healthy society are two VERY different jobs, I told @lbc.co.uk

Private equity tycoon Guy Hands' luxury hotel chain cuts workers' wages . Cut profit margins, exec pay, dividends ... thought not. Hands just made £4.3bn profit, sold MoD servicemen’s homes back to the UK govt for £6bn. Workers blood/sweat makes tycoons rich, but earns no loyalty archive.ph/PTaNy

open.substack.com/pub/tonyevan... @tonyevans92a.bsky.social @ianprowse.bsky.social

London pubs turn to ration cards amid Guinness shortage www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/202...

Union strike wins concessions on surveillance and AI in management of warehouse workers, and wage increase.

Huge congratulations to UL's Donal Ryan for winning Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards Another well-deserved accolade for the acclaimed writer We're proud to have him here at UL teaching the next generation of Irish writers www.irishtimes.com/culture/book... #StudyatUL #SpeirGorm

Basically, US and UK firms that violate minimum wage laws face little probability of getting caught and pay only small fines when they do. Via @annastansbury.bsky.social in @ilrreview.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Just published! The Field Guide to Researching IR/ER @elgarpublishing.bsky.social edited by Jane Parker, Noelle Donnelly, Susan Ressia and Mihajla Gavin. The @etui.bsky.social webinars to launch the book include a presentation by me on my chapter on Archival Methods www.etui.org/events/launc...

New @etui.bsky.social book, 'Experimenting for union renewal: challenges, illustrations and lessons' - Mélanie Laroche & Gregor Murray, eds. @kurtvandaele.bsky.social www.etui.org/publications...

How are companies using algorithm-based management and performance tracking, and how do couriers perceive them? What are the challenges for works councils and trade unions? Paper via Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society #wjds by P Wotschack, L Hellbach, F Butollo ➡️ doi.org/10.34669/wi....

Digit has secured a further 5 years of funding from the ESRC totalling £8.3million - congratulations to the co-leads here at CERIC and University of Sussex, and all the partners on this brilliant project! digit-research.org/news_article...

Preparing for this week's column I read the first few chapters of Saman's new book on replacing GDP growth with median household living standards. It's a fascinating argument, and best of all, the book is free. www.ilo.org/global/publi...

Free resource about building a better world of work. New content from leading researchers. Great contributions and materials from (among others): @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social @johnwbudd.bsky.social @vdoellgast.bsky.social www.futurelearn.com/courses/work-power-politics-influence

Registration for the @workequalities.bsky.social Sixth Fairness at Work Conference (21 - 22 January 2025) is now open @mmartinezlucio.bsky.social www.wei.manchester.ac.uk//connect/con...

Today is Equal Pay Day. As of 20 November, women effectively stop earning compared to men for the rest of the year. This highlights the persistent gender pay gap.

We are just over 1 week away from our very first hybrid Trade Union and Working Class History event, @wcmlibrary.bsky.social Register to join online: gftuet.org.uk/courses/trad... Register to join in person: actionnetwork.org/events/gftu-... 7pm | 4 December #GFTUET #GFTU #GFTU125

And if you had some time today, take a look at this blog on the @unions21.org site on creating the internal conditions for union renewal by @fsuireland.bsky.social's Gareth Murphy unions21.org/ideas/creati...