Interested in how unions are contesting the harmful impacts of automating algorithms and AI on the job quality of workers? Interested in how these impacts are contested within different aspects of the labor process? Check out this article I co-authored with Jeonghun Kim. doi.org/10.1177/0730...

Finally created a website to promote my work. Feel free to check it out! #canlab www.seanobrady.com

What's behind the affordability crisis? The inequality tax! If middle-class incomes had kept up with income growth since 1979, the typical family would have $19,000 more a year. Instead, those income gains went to the 1%. From @joshbivens-econ.bsky.social @hilwething.bsky.social @benzipperer.org

New report/working paper for the ILO - Global Case Studies of Social Dialogue on AI and Algorithmic Management. With Shruti Appalla, Dina Ginzburg, Jeonghun Kim, and Wen Li Thianhttps://www.ilo.org/publications/global-case-studies-social-dialogue-ai-and-algorithmic-management

"Although the university has its own legal counsel and is in the midst of a $45-million budget cut for fiscal year 2025-2026, it pays a premium to outside lawyers who specialize in fighting unions." therover.ca/mcgill-spent...

Today's AI #EGgrantee spotlight features @vdoellgast.bsky.social, @cornellilr.bsky.social prof John McCarthy & @sobrady.bsky.social. Their research focuses on how telecommunications & video game development companies apply AI in service & technical occupations. equitablegrowth.org/grants/ai-in...

“Union leaders are fiercely criticizing the federal government’s back-to-work order, with one calling it “a misuse of government power.” thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

Nice victory for the Canadian labour movement. www.unifor.org/news/all-new...

"A Gartner report predicts that by 2028, regulations in the EU may mandate the "right to talk to a human," emphasizing the enduring demand for human interaction...Rather than making call centers obsolete, AI is set to redefine the role of human agents." www.forbes.com/councils/for...

"We find that rising income inequality increases the likelihood of radical right support – most pronouncedly among individuals with high subjective social status and lower-middle incomes." www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... #economy #politics

What piece can I use to introduce undergraduate students to international HRM and employment relations? The ideal is for it to be interesting and thought provoking.

Postsecondary education institutions are among the most trusted institutions in Canada. Virtually tied with the military, and more trusted than banks, hospitals, and the police. According to research from the @caut.bsky.social. www.caut.ca/bulletin/202... #cdnpoli #canpoli

New study! We find that unions and works councils nudge managers towards less abusive monitoring and discipline, and more developmental coaching in remote work. Focus is call centers in N America and Germany. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... #industrialrelations #work #RemoteWork #economy

This morning, FACULTY UNIONS led by @aaup.bsky.social sued the Trump administration over the unlawful funding cuts at Columbia. We will not let the federal government use coercion to rob us of academic freedom and critical research! So proud of my union! protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...

Our study finds that universities that rely more on international student tuition for revenue imposed more job insecurity on workers during covid + casual workers were most vulnerable. Co-authors: @gregbamber.bsky.social and Brian Cooper. Check it out! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Proposed Conservative tax cuts would cost $12.2 billion, Liberal tax cuts would cost $5.4 billion. Turns out few poor people will benefit, and that benefit will be low. The cuts will mainly benefit wealthier Canadians. - @davidmacdonald.bsky.social thetyee.ca/Analysis/202... #cdnpoli #cdnecon

"If real after-tax incomes for the bottom 50% had kept up with economic growth, 15 million Canadians would have had, on average, $6,450 more in their pocket in 2022" www.taxfairness.ca/en/resources... #cdnecon #economy

Quebec's gov. is trying to crush the right to strike. They want binding arbitration to replace many strikes, since arbitrators agree "that workers’ job, wages, and working conditions should be conditional on bumper profits for the bosses and investors." www.wsws.org/en/articles/... #canlab #cdnpoli

Amazon clearly wants stop union momentum in the industry. Strong legislative supports for sectoral bargaining would be one way to combat these tactics. If all warehouses were covered by a master agreement, it wouldn't matter who's operating it. montreal.citynews.ca/2025/01/22/s... #canlab

What happens after a strike? How do management actions during strikes impact labour relations when the strike is over? I was asked these questions in an interview with the Canadian HR Reporter. Check out the article below: www.hrreporter.com/focus-areas/... #canlab #cdnpoli

Ho-ho-ho, solidarité!

Permanent exceptionalism continues for the regulation of labour conflict in Canada. The last suite of federal back-to-work orders are consistent with decades of neoliberal labour policies suppressing the rights of Canada's working class. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #cdnpoli #canlab

Explore Jeonghun Kim's @cornellilr.bsky.social review of Debbie Goldman's new book 'Disconnected' @illinoispress.bsky.social that documents how call center #workers exercised their collective agency and protected their working conditions under #neoliberal pressure.

This is what happens in the absence of a strong labour movement that can force companies to share their wealth.

@sasemeeting.bsky.social is on bluesky! Submit your abstracts for SASE 2025 in Montreal: to networks on comparative capitalism, digital economy, finance and society, global value chains, postcolonialism and more…

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...

As @parismarx.com writes, the @cupwsttp.bsky.social strike raises the question of “not just what we want the future of Canada Post to be, but also what kind of society we want to live in.” canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

"The HIAL storm: Resisting the technological transformation of air traffic control". In this newly published article, @huwthomas.bsky.social & Peter Turnbull demonstrate how different power resources can complement, but also compromise workers' interests. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

So far, the federal government is signalling it will not intervene to end the Canada Post strike because the issues on the table need to be negotiated, not arbitrated #canlab #cdnpoli ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/212...

Just released! We prepared a practical guide for investigative journalists who cover the medical field to help them avoid being taken advantage of by pharmaceutical companies and pr firms who do their best to shape narratives to further their interests. carleton.ca/ghostmanagem...

#GM is laying off 1,000 workers while it reports record profits and high pay for its CEO. A sure sign that we need to majorly tilt the scales and boost workers' ability to seize more gains from production. www.reuters.com/business/aut...

When the Federal government normalizes the use of back-to-legislation, it "provides employers with a playbook for making an end-run around collective bargaining". Wise words from @eidlin.bsky.social. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Postal workers in Canada are on strike. A year of negotiations and the employer still has concessions—including two-tier pensions and benefits—on the table. Unacceptable in this economic climate. #canlab #cdnpoli #cupw #canadapost www.cupw.ca/en/statement...

As this is really helping me getting a network, here are some people doing research on industrial relations and trade unions Feel free to suggest more @etui.bsky.social @mhermans.bsky.social @melaniesimms.bsky.social @johnwbudd.bsky.social @kurtvandaele.bsky.social go.bsky.app/8W2BZMR

Woah. NLRB rules captive audience meetings are illegal. www.nlrb.gov/news-outreac...