How do global #union officials work? Huw Thomas @ucddublin.bsky.social and Peter Turnbull @bristoluni.bsky.social identify four distinct but interacting roles—#activist, #bureaucrat, #diplomat, and technocrat—that officials exercise with different stakeholders. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

New research by Alex Kowalski @cornellilr.bsky.social and coauthors shows that #job quality and #worker well-being are lower in #warehouses engaged in #ecommerce and are most pronounced at #Amazon’s warehouses, which emphasize speedy delivery. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

How does #intersectional organizing work? Drawing on interviews with @sbworkersunited.org, Johnnie Kallas #UIUC finds that #workers leveraged management’s virtue signaling, #progressive brand image and their lived experiences to access rights. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

Does participation in #surveys affect #labor #market outcomes? New research by Gesine Stephan #FAU_Germany and coauthors show that on average, survey participation had no effect on labor market outcomes during the year after signing up. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

Why do we see gendered differences in reservation #wages? Gokce Basbug @DUBusSchool and Roberto M. Fernandez @MITSloan show that #women and #men search for different #occupations, with women opting for jobs with less working hours. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

What does it take to ensure #minimum #wage compliance from the #employers? New research by @annastansbury.bsky.social @mitsloan.bsky.social shows that improved #enforcement and expected #penalties both matter for firms to comply. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

#Employers prioritize specific types of #work #visa. Ben Rissing @cornellilr.bsky.social and Laura Carver @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social show how #immigrant human capital, employers’ past filing experience, and its relative dissimilarity to the present one matter. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

A new study of the 2019 #UAW #GM #strike by Maite Tapia @michiganstateu.bsky.social and coauthors shows how member satisfaction, local context, and even “invisible divides” like transfer worker shares can shape whether #workers back #leadership’s #strategy. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

Fascinating study by Ilpo Kauppinen #VATTresearch and Panu Poutvaara #TU_Muenchen on who leaves #Finland. #Emigrants are higher #educated, higher #earning and in top #jobs. #Swedish speaking Finns are far more likely to head to other #Nordic countries. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

#Mexican #Americans were often recorded as “white” in the 1930 Census, masking their true numbers and socioeconomic progress. New research by Brian Duncan #CUDenver and Stephen Trejo #UTAustin shows how different local environments supported integration. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

Turns out the 4‑day #workweek isn’t a fringe experiment, say Daniel Hamermesh @utaustin.bsky.social and Jeff Biddle @notredame.bsky.social. It has tripled since 1973, adding 7M #US workers. #Workers’ preferences, not #industry changes, are reshaping the week. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

@davidautor.bsky.social @mit.edu and coauthors show that #immigration played only a small role in helping #US regions adjust to #China shock in #manufacturing. Immigrants were not positioned in the #industries that collapsed, so their #mobility offered limited relief. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

@jimbostanford.bsky.social @cntrfuturework-cda.bsky.social reviews the new book @brisunipress.bsky.social by Bradon Ellem & coauthors that distills 120 years of policy evolution into an accessible primer on how #Australia regulates #work & where reform may head next. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

New research by Carlotta Rigotti and coauthors examines the #EU’s #AI Act and shows how risk‑based rules and #rights impact assessments. They also demonstrate how real #stakeholder involvement can turn #compliance into true #accountability. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

The 2021–24 #union uptick was led by #young #workers. @ericblanc.bsky.social @rutgersuniversity.bsky.social shows how #organizing youth‑heavy industries, bottom‑up #campaigns, #digital tools, militant #minority #leadership, and the spread of worker‑to‑worker action helped. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

🆕Read Lucia Amorosi's #scuolanormale review of @emmaamador.bsky.social @uconn.bsky.social new book @dukepress.bsky.social that spotlights #PuertoRican #women whose #socialwork #activism reshaped struggles for #justice. Vivid #biographies make this #history feel urgent today. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

🚨Just out: Mario Bossler and Martin Popp find that higher #labor #market tightness reduced #employment by 5%, weakened #wage responsiveness and pushed #hiring costs up in #Germany. Big implications for how we think about labor demand. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

How does the #EU’s triadic brokering system shape the lives of mobile #care #workers? Kamil Matuszczyk and coauthors use the case of #Polish #caregivers in #Germany to show that the more hours they #work, the less they #earn. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

New research by Garrett Anstreicher #UNLincoln and Lois Miller #UoSC shows that the biggest long‑term losses during the #greatrecession were concentrated among #grads from good #colleges, a reminder that even elite pathways aren’t recession proof. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

Explore Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld's review of the new book by Russell Lansbury and Marian Baird that uses evidence from #Australia and #Sweden to argue for #socialsecurity, #health & #community for #retirees. Essential reading for the future of work. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

Revisiting the Hamermesh, Genadek, and Burda study (2021), William A. Darity, Jr. @duke-university.bsky.social and coauthors' rejoinder to their original critique defend the decomposition tools that show how time‑use differences do not drive #racial #earnings gaps . doi.org/10.1177/0019...

🚨New: Read Stephen Frenkel's review of Anna-Lena Wolf's #unibern new book #ILRpress that uses an #ethnographic lens to show how tea #plantation #workers, #managers and companies think about justice and transgression in the global supply chain. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

🚨Out now: Read Ayaj Rana's @cornellilr.bsky.social review of the new book @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social by James Muldoon, Mark Graham, and Callum Cant @universityofessex.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk that exposes the global, precarious #workforce behind today’s #AI systems. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

New research by Sazid Ahmad, Chunyun Li and Sarah Ashwin @lseblogs.bsky.social news shows that #supervisors' respectful treatment of #garment #workers significantly reduces their #turnover intentions & the effect is stronger when worker participation committees are in place. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

🚨 Our March 2026 issue is out now. 🔎Dive into new research, bold ideas, and great reads. 🗓️ Free online access of all articles and book reviews till March 18th! journals-sagepub-com.proxy.library.cornell.edu/toc/ilr/curr...

🚨Just out! New research by @sassermodestino.bsky.social @northeasternu.bsky.social and coauthors shows rapid educational upskilling within #occupations, driven by #software #skills, left non‑college #workers behind during the Great Recession of 2008. doi-org.proxy.library.cornell.edu/10.1177/0019...

🚨 Our January issue is out now. 🔍Dive into fresh research, bold ideas, and great reads. 🆓All articles and book reviews are free online until February 15. journals-sagepub-com.proxy.library.cornell.edu/toc/ILR/curr...

🚨Out now! @mattbeane.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social shows how centuries of human skill‑building shape what AI can (and can’t) do for us in his new book @harpercollins.bsky.social. A sharp timely take on the future of work.

Read Stefan Ivanovski's @cornellilr.bsky.social review of @behrend.bsky.social new book that conveys a refreshingly pragmatic message to let #AI handle the speed and scale, and let people do what only people can. doi-org.proxy.library.cornell.edu/10.1177/0019...

This study on remote #work is such a fascinating little reality check. After surveying over 10,000 workers and 1,500 employers in Poland, Piotr Lewandowski, Katarzyna Lipowska and Mateusz Smoter, all from from Institute for Structural Research, find that #hybrid beats fully #remote.

🚨 Final call - the deadline January 31, 2026. 🗓️Call for Papers for A Special Issue on Organizational Perspectives on an Aging Workforce 💻Edited by Peter Berg, @ProfMarianBaird, Matthew Piszczek & Nate Zettna

One of our recently published articles on #techworker #activism by JS Tan, Natalia Luka and Emily Mazo just caught the attention of @nytimes.com times — and we couldn’t be more thrilled. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/b...

🚨Out now! Read Joseph Sobieralski's review of Ted Reed's book @mcfarland.bsky.social that traces an insider's view of unions' victories, losses and leadership and brings out the role of labor organizations in the #airline industry. doi-org.proxy.library.cornell.edu/10.1177/0019...

🚨New article📢 How do households adapt to seasonal #joblessness? John Coglianes @federalreserve.gov and Brendan M. Price show that US workers experience recurrent separations spaced 12 months apart and incur large earnings losses. doi-org.proxy.library.cornell.edu/10.1177/0019...

Very cool to see the paper @js-tan.bsky.social, @emilymazo.bsky.social & I wrote in @nytimes.com by @noamscheiber.bsky.social. TLDR; worker voice matters. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/b... Thx @ilrreview.bsky.social, @equitablegrowth.bsky.social, @techactions.bsky.social for making this possible!

As we look to 2026 and beyond, we remain committed to publishing original research and policy analysis that advances our understanding of work, employment, and labor. We thank our authors, reviewers, and readers for their continued engagement and support.

Are #managers Machiavellian? Mehrzad Baktash and Uwe Jirjahn #TrierUni show that individuals with the highest scores of Machiavellianism are most likely to be managers and the direction of influence runs from Machiavellianism to occupational status. doi-org.proxy.library.cornell.edu/10.1177/0019...

Can #justcause laws be used to reduce managerial favoritism? Using #NewYork #fastfood workers as a case, Joseph Pickens and @aaronsojourner.org @upjohninstitute.bsky.social show that #managers use these laws to screen younger #workers leading to their short-term #turnover. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

How does industrial relations impact #wage premia? Using the #German case, Boris Hirsch and Steffen Mueller @iwh-halle.bsky.social show that average wage premia are larger in firms with collective agreements and in firms with a works councils. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

How do incentives for part-time #employment affect #retirement? Peter Berg @michiganstateu.bsky.social and coauthors show that men postponed retirement by 0.6 years and for women, the increases in working lives were even larger. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

How does #unemployment benefit payout impact older #workers? Regina T. Riphahn and Rebecca Schrader #FAU_Germany show that older workers with reduced payout periods had lower job exit rates and higher rates of finding a #job. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

Do #training subsidies improve worker outcomes? Using the German case, Christine Dauth @iabnews.bsky.social shows that training #subsidies significantly increase cumulative #employment duration and #earnings in the short run and middle run for workers, especially #women. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

How did the #pandemic impact working parents? @yueqiansoc.bsky.social #UBC and Wen Fan @bostoncollege.bsky.social show that balancing work–family demands became more challenging among remote-working parents who were employed in less-teleworkable occupations. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

How do works councils impact worker #productivity? Using the #German case, Steffen Mueller @iwh-halle.bsky.social shows that establishments with a works council are 6.4% more productive and also argues that this figure underestimates the true productivity effect. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

Are large employers better in low-wage #fastfood franchising? Can Ouyang #antaimanagement and Rosemary Batt @cornellilr.bsky.social show that large employers offer more training and benefits while having less worker discretion, fewer full-time workers & lower weekly wages. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

Read Ashutosh Maru's #queensuniversity review of Naomi Williams' @rutgersu.bsky.social new book @illinoispress.bsky.social that traces how a broad-based class #politics developed in the face of #deindustrialization in #Wisconsin. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

📢We welcome policy-oriented research articles to the ILR Review. 👉Check out our special collections on #policy papers on a wide variety of topics from #justtransition to #labor markets issues, #employer practices and more. journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...

Why is it hard to find clear evidence that #jobs with worse conditions #pay more to make up for those downsides? Paul Sullivan and Ted To show that traditional methods underestimate how much workers value non-wage job features like #perks. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

How does #internet connectivity impact labor market outcomes? Hilal Atasoy @rutgersbschool.bsky.social shows that gaining access to broadband services in a county in the US is associated with an increase in the #employment rate. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

Read Youbin Kang's @ccnyresearch.bsky.social review of Jennifer Jihye Chun and Ju Hui Judy's @uclaupdates.bsky.social new book @stanfordpress.bsky.social that theorizes #protest as a political form that signifies emancipatory transformation in #SouthKorea. doi.org/10.1177/0019...