Alex Wood is a research student at the University of Cambridge where he chairs the Individual in the Labour Market Research Group. His research focuses upon job insecurity, flexible work and trade union renewal.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy the digital gig economy needs co-ops and unionsMillions of people are joining the digital gig economy, attempting to outbid one another for increasingly precarious...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWashing away capitalism: workers who’ve occupied their factory provide a space of hopeA soap factory in Greece, abandoned by its owners, has been reclaimed by its workers - and provides a vital example...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIt's not just a balancing act: work must work for workersThe British economy is unbalanced regionally and by sector, but at core, it must fix a deeper problem: work doesn't...
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Published in: HomeWalmart's Black Friday strikes: a new dawn for organised labour?Walmart has been extremely hostile to the concept of worker collective voice, and this hostility, in time, led to it...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHistory is on McCluskey's side: Unite must go beyond the lawAs has happened time and time again, trade unions are being repressed and sidelined, the future of workers' rights...