Most gig riders don’t fit legal labels. 81% occupy a grey zone, economically dependent yet partially autonomous. Read why legal protections must evolve beyond existing binaries ⤵️ bit.ly/4qzhnHe

"Automation does not necessarily make recessions more harmful for workers." Joanna Siwińska-Gorzelak from University of Warsaw found robot adoption can cushion unemployment during downturns. 🤖📊 Read more ⬇️ bit.ly/3Mqnu2H

👏 Congratulations, Max! In his new article with the ILR, Max revisits how we define and measure the informal sector, and the implications for research and policy. 🔔 Out now and #OA via @openlibhums.org with an early view from our Issue 2 for 2026 @ids.ac.uk

🧵(2/8) @mathisbachelot.bsky.social & Mathilde Guergoat-Larivière from @clerseumr8019.bsky.social at @univlille.bsky.social analyze 🇫🇷 data, finding green jobs often mean lower wages & security for low-skilled workers, challenging the "uniformly good" narrative. 🔗 bit.ly/4rLR0hX #JobQuality

🧵(3/8) Stephan Brunow (HdBA), Katarzyna Miszczak (WUEB/UEW), Holger Seibert (@iabnews.bsky.social) & Aleksandra Wrona (Futurum) use admin data to analyze Polish workers in Germany, finding lower wages than German peers & competition effects 🇵🇱➡️🇩🇪 🔗 bit.ly/4sSmELt #Labourmigration

🧵(4/8) 🇹🇷 Evren Gülser (KHAS) & Ensar Yilmaz (@yildizedu.bsky.social) provide evidence for Türkiye, showing polarization driven by technology, education, and rising female employment in both low- & high-wage jobs. 🔗 bit.ly/4dyICyL #Routinization #FutureOfWork

🧵 (6/8) 🇭🇺 Tamás Gyulavári & Gábor Kártyás (PPKE) analyze Hungary's declining collective bargaining, offering lessons for labour markets with low union density. 🔗 bit.ly/4lKiJ15 #CollectiveBargaining #TradeUnions

🧵 (7/8) 🇻🇳 Anil Duman (@weareceu.bsky.social) & @sevane.bsky.social show that for Vietnam's just transition, tertiary education and social insurance are key to moving into green jobs, but only for higher-skilled workers. 🔗 bit.ly/47a8I7j #JustTransition #SocialProtection

🧵 (8/8) 📚 Plus, book reviews on the ICESCR, worker-to-worker organizing by @ericblanc.bsky.social, and a Bob Hepple Award speech from Alain Supiot (@college-de-france.fr) on labour law and the "debt of life" at #LLRN7. 🔖 Browse the full #OpenAccess issue: bit.ly/4bnJ9ST #AcaSky

Are green jobs always good jobs? Why are migrants overrepresented in platform work? How do unions stay relevant? Our latest issue latest issue explores these questions & more. 📖 Read Vol 165, Issue 1: bit.ly/4bnJ9ST 📘via @openlibhums.org

NEW: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the United States has asked Ukraine for help intercepting Iranian-made Shahed drones, citing Ukraine’s battlefield expertise. Zelenskyy said any assistance will come only if it does not weaken Ukraine’s own defenses.

On World Book Day I’d like simply say that we need more libraries and book swaps. I’d like to see them everywhere. In every community, shopping centre, school, social club. Wherever we go. And they should be stocked with lots of brand new books as well as old ones.

Over 160 schoolgirls are dead. Anthropic and Palantir executives must immediately testify and tell the public whether their AI is responsible.

Innovation in academic publishing! 🌅 At #ILOInnovationDay, we presented our new diamond #OA model via @openlibhums.org / @ojcollective.bsky.social & the growing movement toward community-led, non-commercial academic publishing that expands access to research beyond paywalls🚫🪙 🔗 ilo.org/ilr #acasky

🛵 Are gig workers employees? Contractors? Or something in between? Our latest research finds most platform riders in #China fall into a legal grey zone, i.e., economically dependent yet partially autonomous. Read more ⤵️ bit.ly/4qzhnHe

📖 How did wage-employment institutions help France navigate the COVID-19 crisis? Jean-Pascal Higelé reviews "Face au Covid, l’enjeu du salariat" (ed. Claude Didry) in our finale issue for 2025. 🌍 Read now in English, French & Spanish via @openlibhums.org

La Reseña también está disponible en Español en Revista Internacional del Trabajo 144 (4): doi.org/10.16995/ilr...

🧵 (2/8) Automation and recessions Does automation protect jobs during downturns? Michał Brzozowski & Joanna Siwińska-Gorzelak revisit #OkunsLaw across 35 OECD countries and find that automation can cushion job losses in recessions. 🔗 bit.ly/4aLsPvi #Automation #FutureOfWork

🧵 (3/8) Team diversity and performance Tomáš Michalička, Drahoslav Lančarič, Dimuth Nambuge & Michal Munk analyse 900+ teams in 39 countries, showing how nationality, language, and experience shape team outcomes. 🔗 bit.ly/3N4ials #Diversity #WorkTeams

🧵 (4/8) Care, informality, and crisis. Minh Tam Thi Bui, Thai Quyen Bui & Tuan Thanh Nguyen show how COVID-19 deepened gendered employment losses among informal workers in rural Viet Nam. 🔗 bit.ly/3Lwy0EW #CareEconomy #GenderEquality

🧵(5/8) Who are “quasi-subordinate” gig workers in China? Wei Tu & Xueyu Wang (@utoronto.ca) map economic dependency and subordination among delivery riders, finding most fall outside the employee/self-employed divide. 🔗 bit.ly/4bgJK90 #PlatformWork

🧵(6/8) Regulating platform labour @t-vieira.bsky.social (@eui-eu.bsky.social) examines Spain’s Ley Rider, finding stronger protections alongside new forms of control, outsourcing, and algorithmic management. 🔗 bit.ly/3N3mAZP #PlatformRegulation #WorkersRights

🧵 (7/8) Rethinking #AI and work Jordi Agustí-Panareda & Jaume Agustí-Cullell (@iiiacsic.bsky.social) argue for reclaiming human intelligence through labour, challenging narrow visions of AI and the future of work. 🔗 bit.ly/4pnsMcs #HumanCentredWork

🧵(8/8) 📚 Also in this issue: three book reviews on labour institutions during COVID-19, informality in Ecuador, and labour law as economic policy. 👉 Browse the ILR's latest issue, now #OpenAccess via @openlibhums.org. 🔖 ilo.org/ilr

👩‍👧‍👦🌍 How do care crises shape labour outcomes...❓ New ILR research, published #OA with @openlibhums.org, examines gendered employment effects of COVID-19 among informal workers in rural Viet Nam Now available in English, French & Spanish ⤵️

🎉 Big congratulations to @wzwysen.bsky.social on this new paper in our Issue 1 for 2026! Using 🇪🇺-wide data, authors find migrants are ~20% more likely to do platform work, especially in delivery & ride-hailing, reflecting labour market vulnerability, not preference. Early view now in English ⤵️

🎉 Félicitations à Mathis et Mathilde Using 🇫🇷 labour force survey, Mathis & Mathilde complicate the idea of “good green jobs” as job quality varies, especially by skill level. We’ve published this research as #OA from @clerseumr8019.bsky.social @univlille.bsky.social in Issue 1 for 2026. Read ⤵️

What protects jobs during downturns? Who is covered in the platform economy? How should labour law respond to AI? These questions are at the heart of our latest issue, featuring new evidence from OECD countries, China, Viet Nam, and Europe. 📖 Read Volume 164, Issue 4 👉 ilo.org/ilr 🧵 (1/8)

How did collective bargaining protect essential workers during COVID-19? Jill Rubery, Isabel Távora, @abbiewinton.bsky.social, Eva Herman & Alejandro Castillo (@workequalities.bsky.social @officialuom.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social) show how unions voiced their concerns. 🔗 bit.ly/43iVgfl

Our latest issue dives into today’s defining labour challenges- from frontline bargaining during COVID-19 to automation, platform work, and gender inequality. 📖 Explore Volume 164, Issue 3 (2025) 👉 ilo.org/ilr

How do labour rights shape the economy? ⚖️📈 📖 In our final issue of 2025, César F. Rosado Marzán reviews Adrián Todolí-Signes’s (@uv.es) attempt to revisit the big question: Do employment rights boost economic performance? 🌍 Get early view now via @openlibhums.org

🔖 Early view content via @openlibhums.org Albert Berry (@utoronto.ca) reviews a book tracing nearly 50 years of economic change, artisan work and informality in Ecuador 🇪🇨 📖🌐 Forthcoming in our Issue 4 for 2025!

💎🔓 We are now #DiamondOA! No fees, no paywalls — just open, peer-reviewed research on the world of work 🌍 📚 Proud to partner with @openlibhums.bsky.social on this exciting new chapter! 🚀

💼🌱 Work is more than what we do — it’s how we live, care, and connect. Our new special issue redefines #SustainableWork in a time of planetary and social urgency. 🔔Don’t miss this essential read🔗 bit.ly/4254yeO #Acasky #EnviromentalJustice #JustTransition

🌍 Work isn’t just about jobs It’s about how we work, why we work & who gets a voice in shaping it. EB member @dominiquemeda.bsky.social raises these questions in our new blog series 👉#InsightsfromILR 🔍 Read her vision for #SustainableWork rooted in well-being & ecological balance: bit.ly/3XY5Ndm

🚨How do essential public services survive when everything is breaking at once? In our latest issue, @amrozowicki.bsky.social et al explore how Polish frontline workers manage overlapping crises. 🧵 It’s a story of resilience, improvisation & navigating the cracks of a frayed system: bit.ly/4ctwGvz

The @ilo.org International Labour Review, one of the world’s leading publications on world-of-work knowledge and research, transitions to open access with the Open Library of Humanities. www.ilo.org/resource/new...

🗣️ Language matters. Access matters. History matters. Dr Katherine Parker-Hay reflects on ILR's history and what’s next for our move to @janewayolh.bsky.social & @openlibhums.bsky.social: multilingual, equitable, and transparent publishing🌱

📢 What if sustainability was redefined by those most affected by extractivism? In our latest blog, Ania Zbyszewska imagines what #SustainableWork could mean when rooted in care, land, and community. 🔗 bit.ly/4jEG7Ls #LabourResearch #OpenAccess #Acasky

We’re tearing down the paywalls! 🚀🔓 The International Labour Review is going Open Access—100+ years of world-of-work research, now free for all. No barriers 🚧, no limits 🚀, just knowledge 📚✨ Proud to team up with @openlibhums.bsky.social to make this happen! 👀 More: ow.ly/e41850VuqAV

🌍 Flavia Maximo calls for sustainability frameworks that centre communities facing the real costs of extraction. Read how the latest ILR Special Issue brings decolonial thought to the heart of #SustainableWork: 🔗 bit.ly/4jEG7Ls #Acasky #LabourResearch #OpenAccess #OA

📢Call for Special Issue Proposals! The International Labour Review invites proposals on work & employment topics that tackle key challenges and offer globally relevant insights. Feel free to get in touch and thanks for sharing this! ⏰ Deadline: 31 Jan 2025 👉 Details: bit.ly/4fYqNqH