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Strikes loom at national institutions - Museums Association

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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 15h

📣 We're hiring!

The ETUI is on the lookout for a researcher in European industrial relations, to work on European Works Councils and SE-Works Councils within the wider framework of a research programme on workers’ participation in Europe

🔗 etui.org/ZVe

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Kirsten the Librarian @librarykirsten.bsky.social · 1d

“In a recent survey of its British Library members, the union found that most workers struggle each month to make ends meet.”

Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 1d

News | Strikes loom at national institutions – @britishlibrary.bsky.social and Tate workers plan walkouts as industrial action continues at National Coal Mining Museum (@ncmme.bsky.social)

@pcsunion.bsky.social @unison.org.uk

British Library and Tate workers plan walkouts as industrial action continues at National Coal Mining Museum

www.museumsassociation.org

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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 2d

How the political parties voted on improvements to the European Works Council legislation mepwatch.eu/10/vote.html...

The extreme right voted against, denying workers the right to challenge the employers

Especially this example shows these parties are working for the bosses 1/

@epsu.bsky.social

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mepwatch.eu

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Elisa Pannini @elisapannini.bsky.social · 5d

What can go wrong?

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 5d

Exclusive: Teachers will use 'deepfake' technology to create an AI avatar of themselves to deliver catch-up lessons for pupils who have missed school

Watch one of the school’s ‘deepfake’ teachers in our story below

schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-trus...

'Deepfake' teacher avatars to help pupils catch up

Academy trust staff to use AI generator to introduce resources for pupils returning to school

schoolsweek.co.uk

The wage gap and far-right support for redistribution

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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 5d

What do people consider a fair #wage for CEOs, politicians, doctors & the average full-time worker?

C. Hoy (World Bank) shows that people greatly underestimate wage #inequality.

Confronted with the data, far-right voters alter their views about #redistribution the most @lseinequalities.bsky.social

New study on beliefs and preferences about the wage gap (CEOs vs average worker). When the true gap is revealed, far right voters change their policy views most.

UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show

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Elisa Pannini @elisapannini.bsky.social · 7d

This is very upsetting

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests

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King's Institute for Artificial Intelligence @aiatkings.bsky.social · 7d

⏰ One week to go! Join @nessakeddo.bsky.social online on Wednesday 15 October as she examines the critical intersection of race, media and technology as part of our AI+ Research Seminar Series, chaired by Elisabeth Kelan.

Register ⬇️
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/race-...

@kingsartshums.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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James Hickson @jmchickson.bsky.social · 8d

Building on our workshop last year on The Global Politics of Precarity and Insecure Work, @stellamorgana.bsky.social and I are delighted to share a collection of 6 original commentary articles on this theme in @gpejournal.bsky.social

Read the full introduction here: doi.org/10.1332/2635...

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 8d

World Day for Decent Work:

Trade unionists from across the continent are coming together to send a message to @ec.europa.eu that its forthcoming #QualityJobs Act must live up to its promise.

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Elisa Pannini @elisapannini.bsky.social · 9d

NHS could cease to function under Labour’s new visa rules, say nurses

Exclusive: Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK

Green Left Radio: Italian union solidarity with Gaza

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 9d

ITALY / PALESTINE: Italian union solidarity with Gaza www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1440/an...

Green Left Radio speaks to Massimo about Italy's trade union movement supporting the Global Sumud Flotilla

www.greenleft.org.au

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Jamie @jamiewoodcock.com · 9d

Join us for a discussion on The Latest in Game Worker Organising with:

Sarah Elmaleh, SAG-AFTRA and Spring McParlinJones, IWGB Game Workers

Online and at the Science Gallery London from 6pm on the 17th October

Register here: luma.com/3b8fpjj3

Panel Discussion: The Latest in Game Worker Organising · Luma

Over the past few years, a wave of unionisation has swept across the games industry. The organising has taken different forms, with workers joining existing…

luma.com

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Philippa Grand @philippagrand.bsky.social · 12d

"Knowledge should not be locked behind paywalls. We owe it to our students, and to learners everywhere, to open the doors" 👏👏👏 Great article by @lsepress.bsky.social MD @niamhtumelty.bsky.social & @heroicendeavour.bsky.social on why OERs should be central to the public mission of universities.

LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 12d

In this new article from @lseimpactblog.bsky.social, @niamhtumelty.bsky.social Managing Director of LSE Press, and @heroicendeavour.bsky.social discuss open educational resources in the context of higher education.

Read the full post:
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci... #openaccess #highereducation

Open educational resources should be central to the public mission of universities - Impact of Social Sciences

Why open educational resources should form a central part of university strategies for public engagement.

Italy paralysed as Gaza protests mount pressure on Meloni

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Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 12d

Italy paralysed as unions call strikes over Gaza www.ft.com/content/e405...

Italian premier under fire amid strikes and clashes with police in solidarity with Palestinians

www.ft.com

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FEPS Europe @feps-europe.eu · 12d

🤖 Join us for 'Understanding the power of AI over decisions' at @eesc.bsky.social in collaboration with the @workers-eesc.bsky.social. Spaces are limited - register now!
🔗 bit.ly/Understandin...

📕 🎨It will launch the book "AI & the Power Over Decisions" and the exhibition "My boss, the algorithm"!

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Prospect Union @prospectunion.bsky.social · Sep 8

Do you work in tech? Are your pay, conditions & training needs being heard at work?

💻 Help us influence government policy + support workplace negotiations by completing our short survey ⤵️

online1.snapsurveys.com/ProspectTech...

👥 Share with colleagues & invite them to join Prospect Union.

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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 13d

Elite school students end up in better universities than expected, based on their grades blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

Elite school students end up in better universities than expected, based on their grades | British Politics and Policy at LSE

Students of private and grammar schools are over-represented in elite universities, but only part of that is explained by better grades.

Protests break out across Italy, unions call general strike, as Israel intercepts Gaza aid flotilla

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Cornell ILR School @cornellilr.bsky.social · 13d

“With the federal government shutting down just days before the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) monthly jobs report, the American people will be deprived of a popular near-real time check on the pulse of the U.S. economy," says Russell Weaver, director of research at the #CornellILR Buffalo Co-Lab.

Russell Weaver, director of research at the Cornell University ILR School's Buffalo Co-Lab, says re: the October 2025 U.S. government shutdown: “As evidenced in the ADP National Employment report, consensus expectations among economists are that Friday’s BLS job report would have revealed a month-over-month net loss in the total number of private sector jobs located throughout the nation.

In the past four-and-a-half years, or approximately 57 months, the BLS reported month-over-month job losses just once, in June 2025. A second observation of net job losses in the span of just four months would be a telling indicator that all is not well with the American economy.”

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 13d

ITALY / PALESTINE: Protests break out across Italy, unions call general strike, as Israel intercepts Gaza aid flotilla www.wantedinrome.com/news/protest...

Italian trade unions call national general strike on Friday. Protests erupted in Rome and cities across Italy late on Wednesday after Israeli forces intercepted a flotilla attempting to deliver humani...

www.wantedinrome.com

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Elisa Pannini @elisapannini.bsky.social · 14d

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Cornell Cut Classes by a Pro-Palestinian Professor After an Israeli Student’s Discrimination Complaint

Dr. Eric Cheyfitz, who has taught at Cornell for more than two decades, claims the university is attempting to silence him as part of a broader crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism.

www.thenation.com

Being on call for teenagers is the missing piece in the gender pay gap debate - LSE Business Review

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LSE Business Review @lsebr.bsky.social · 16d

Even after their childcare years, mothers spend twice as much time as fathers providing supervision and support to their teenagers.

@cep-lse.bsky.social

Even once the childcare years have passed, mothers spend twice as much time as fathers providing supervision and support to their teenagers.

Study links greater inequality to structural changes in children’s brains

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King's College London @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social · 15d

Living in an unequal society, regardless of individual wealth, can lead to structural changes in the brains of children.

#ScienceatKings #PopulationHealth

Researchers say findings show inequality creates toxic environment and reducing it is ‘a public health imperative’