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Turns out union wage premiums in the US public sector for Black and women workers are weaker in states that prohibit collective bargaining. This incisive study by Kerrissey & Myers UMass Amherst show how labor policy impact equity in the public sector. doi.org/10.1177/001979…

Looks like teacher's pay is more complicated than we think. In this interesting study, Krishna Regmi Florida Gulf Coast University IZA show that teachers have a substantial earnings premium at the bottom of the distribution, but have a large earnings penalty at the top. doi.org/10.1177/001979…

In their new book, Valeria Pulignano & Markieta Domecka argue that workers engage in precarious jobs to avoid the stigma of unemployment. Tilly UCLA Urban Planning, Rani ILO Research, Johnson The University of Manchester & Lucy Taksa discuss the book in our book review forum. doi.org/10.1177/001979…

Have you wondered how AI affects workplaces around the world? In China, Mingwei Liu Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations, Hao Zhang & Yi Sui 中国人民大学RUC contend that the state employs an instrumental approach to AI that attempts to balance efficiency and social stability. doi.org/10.1177/001979…

Submissions for the 2025 SASE Conference in Montreal are now open! 🇨🇦📥 #SpecialNote: this year’s deadline is earlier, so be sure to submit by December 16! For all details & submission guidelines → sase.org/event/2025-mon… #SASE #SASE2025

How do temporary workers impact permanent workers' wages? Lukas Lehner ,Paul Ramskogler & Aleksandra Riedl OeNB show that temporary workers induce strong negative effects on permanent workers’ wage growth where wage bargaining institutions are weak. doi.org/10.1177/001979…

Why do parental leave policies fail to take off? Using the European case, Zhen Jie Im Copenhagen Business School, Trine P Larsen & Brigitte Pircher argue that treating social partners as mere rule takers and not accommodating their divergent interests require rethinking. doi.org/10.1177/001979…

Can just transition to electric vehicles turn out to be unjust to workers? Using the German example, Mathieu Dupuis, @Ithaca_Ian & coauthors show how trade unions & their interventions can help workers tide over job losses and career transitions. doi.org/10.1177/001979…

How does AI regulation look like in social democracies? @AnnaIlsoee, Trine P Larsen, Christopher Mathieu Lund University & Bertil Rolandsson Uni of Gothenburg show how Sweden relies on tripartite commissions whereas Denmark prefers bipartite agreements. doi.org/10.1177/001979…

How does AI play out in specific national contexts? Using the South Korean case, Sunghoon Kim The University of Sydney Business School & Seri No demonstrate how the state actively investing in AI technologies & tech workers unionizing limit the power of AI companies. doi.org/10.1177/001979…

Antonio Rodrigues de Freitas Júnior, Letícia Ferrão Zapolla USP - Universidade de São Paulo & Paulo Fernando Nogueira Cunha argue that social dialogue involving unions, state & employers is necessary in drafting meaningful social protection in #Brazil in AI-driven workplaces. doi.org/10.1177/001979…

VP Kamala Harris has stood with working people and unions her entire career. That's why we're fighting to send her to the White House! #UnionsForHarrisWalz

I have joined Bluesky - my handle is: Virginia Doellgast.bsky.social

Great new special issue on transnational employment relations in Europe - edited by Roland Erne, Marco Hauptmeier, Valeria Pulignano, and Peter Turnbull - ILR Review

Josh Dzieza I benefited from Virginia Doellgast on call centers, Veena Dubal on algorithmic wage discrimination, and Brishen Rogers' Democracy & Data at Work (a great companion to the Acemoglu & Johnson book). Also, these conversations with rideshare drivers stuck with me. x.com/NYTWA/status/1…

Please join us for SASE 2025 in Montreal! The featured program will include panels on: Polanyi after Globalism - Labor Solidarity in Israel/Palestine - Exploitation and Resistance in AI value chains - Financialization in Health Care - the Social and Solidarity Economy - & more...

Check out SASE's great mini-conferences... Mini-conference 1: Elites and Power Structures - sase.org/event/2025-mon…

Apply for our MS ILR - Labor Research and Policy - tell your students, colleagues. Deadline for applications is December 15.