Elisa Pannini
@elisapannini.bsky.social
Lecturer in HRM
CREW Greenwich
PhD from LSE Management
Employment relations, labour, unions.
Opinions are my own, of course.
CREW Greenwich
PhD from LSE Management
Employment relations, labour, unions.
Opinions are my own, of course.
"Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake."
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
"Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake."
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"1,000 Amazon employees have signed an open letter expressing “serious concerns” abt AI development, saying that the company’s “all-costs justified, warp speed” approach to the powerful technology will cause damage to "democracy, to our jobs, and to the earth.”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
More than 1,000 Amazon workers warn rapid AI rollout threatens jobs and climate
Workers say the firm’s ‘warp-speed’ approach fuels pressure, layoffs and rising emissions
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
"1,000 Amazon employees have signed an open letter expressing “serious concerns” abt AI development, saying that the company’s “all-costs justified, warp speed” approach to the powerful technology will cause damage to "democracy, to our jobs, and to the earth.”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Meet the DLR cleaners fighting for sick pay.
November 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Meet the DLR cleaners fighting for sick pay.
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Disability History Month 2025
November 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Disability History Month 2025
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Why Elon Musk purchased Twitter :
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Why Elon Musk purchased Twitter :
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BREAKING: We have filed an OECD complaint against Amazon for the conditions of their third-party suppliers and the retail giant's lack of due diligence
www.ecotextile.com/202511256087...
www.ecotextile.com/202511256087...
Amazon faces OECD complaint on due diligence in Pakistan
Campaigners say online retail giant fails to check pay and conditions of workers in the supply chains of its third-party marketplace sellers
www.ecotextile.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
BREAKING: We have filed an OECD complaint against Amazon for the conditions of their third-party suppliers and the retail giant's lack of due diligence
www.ecotextile.com/202511256087...
www.ecotextile.com/202511256087...
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My new book, The Division of Rationalized Labor, is now shipping! A brief summary of the argument to follow…
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My new book, The Division of Rationalized Labor, is now shipping! A brief summary of the argument to follow…
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EU Court ruling establishes that the EU can set meaningful standards for wage adequacy and collective bargaining coverage, creating a foundation for upward convergence in labour standards across the Union, writes @rolanderne.bsky.social
www.socialeurope.eu/eu-court-uph...
www.socialeurope.eu/eu-court-uph...
EU Court Upholds Minimum Wage Directive in Victory for Social Europe
The ruling preserves key provisions on wage adequacy and collective bargaining, revealing how employer lobbying inadvertently expanded EU social policy powers.
www.socialeurope.eu
November 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
EU Court ruling establishes that the EU can set meaningful standards for wage adequacy and collective bargaining coverage, creating a foundation for upward convergence in labour standards across the Union, writes @rolanderne.bsky.social
www.socialeurope.eu/eu-court-uph...
www.socialeurope.eu/eu-court-uph...
Many of the problems identified in the article are inherently caused by marketisation of HE. 'Students as consumers' didn't solve the problems we had, and created worse ones.
This week on Wonkhe: Despite promises of informed choice and fair treatment, Jim Dickinson argues that England’s student-as-consumer model has failed to deliver – and urgently needs re-examination by regulators
The higher education "market" still doesn't work
Despite promises of informed choice and fair treatment, Jim Dickinson argues that England’s student-as-consumer model has failed to deliver – and urgently needs re-examination by regulators Despite...
buff.ly
November 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Many of the problems identified in the article are inherently caused by marketisation of HE. 'Students as consumers' didn't solve the problems we had, and created worse ones.
"Workplace organizing still has a unique ability to bring diverse people together in pursuit of common aims: a revived labor movement must therefore be a central part of any project of democratic renewal."
@samuel-bagg.bsky.social
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@samuel-bagg.bsky.social
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The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not. | Blog of the APA
Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...
blog.apaonline.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
"Workplace organizing still has a unique ability to bring diverse people together in pursuit of common aims: a revived labor movement must therefore be a central part of any project of democratic renewal."
@samuel-bagg.bsky.social
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
@samuel-bagg.bsky.social
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
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Join us to hear from practitioners/academics discussing experimentation and innovation in unions, with insights from ETUC, European federations and national unions, covering cases from Belgium, Canada, Czechia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Poland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK, USA
How can trade unions innovate and stay strong in a changing world❓
📆 Join us on 4 December to hear some of the leading scholars of union renewal from Europe and North America present their latest research in discussion with trade unionists from a diverse range of sectors
🔗 etui.org/Z9Y
📆 Join us on 4 December to hear some of the leading scholars of union renewal from Europe and North America present their latest research in discussion with trade unionists from a diverse range of sectors
🔗 etui.org/Z9Y
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Join us to hear from practitioners/academics discussing experimentation and innovation in unions, with insights from ETUC, European federations and national unions, covering cases from Belgium, Canada, Czechia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Poland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK, USA
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In line with the ETUC, UNI Europa welcomes the ruling by the European Court of Justice confirming the validity of the EU Minimum Wage Directive.
EU Minimum Wage Directive
EU Court of Justice upholds EU minimum wage directive. With the EYUC we call on additional guidance criteria and coordination tools.
www.uni-europa.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
In line with the ETUC, UNI Europa welcomes the ruling by the European Court of Justice confirming the validity of the EU Minimum Wage Directive.
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There is no pathway to upward wage mobility as an Amazon driver, as opposed to drivers at a unionized workplace like UPS
Stark figure from @dschneider.bsky.social @profsheenalives.bsky.social @juliesulabor.bsky.social Kevin Bruey
Stark figure from @dschneider.bsky.social @profsheenalives.bsky.social @juliesulabor.bsky.social Kevin Bruey
November 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
There is no pathway to upward wage mobility as an Amazon driver, as opposed to drivers at a unionized workplace like UPS
Stark figure from @dschneider.bsky.social @profsheenalives.bsky.social @juliesulabor.bsky.social Kevin Bruey
Stark figure from @dschneider.bsky.social @profsheenalives.bsky.social @juliesulabor.bsky.social Kevin Bruey
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New analysis with @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social and @kittyjstewart.bsky.social: If we are serious about trying to reduce child poverty we cannot rely on employment alone. We need serious investment in social security.
largerfamilies.study/publications...
largerfamilies.study/publications...
Benefit changes and larger families
We are a group of university-based researchers investigating how families with more than two children are coping with the benefit cap or the two-child limit.
largerfamilies.study
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
New analysis with @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social and @kittyjstewart.bsky.social: If we are serious about trying to reduce child poverty we cannot rely on employment alone. We need serious investment in social security.
largerfamilies.study/publications...
largerfamilies.study/publications...
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Study of union members in Malta shows that when stewards are seen as effective, members report greater trust and willingness to take part in union activities—from meetings to industrial action.
doi.org/10.1177/0022... @labornotes.bsky.social @labourstart.bsky.social
#IndustrialRelations #Unions
doi.org/10.1177/0022... @labornotes.bsky.social @labourstart.bsky.social
#IndustrialRelations #Unions
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Study of union members in Malta shows that when stewards are seen as effective, members report greater trust and willingness to take part in union activities—from meetings to industrial action.
doi.org/10.1177/0022... @labornotes.bsky.social @labourstart.bsky.social
#IndustrialRelations #Unions
doi.org/10.1177/0022... @labornotes.bsky.social @labourstart.bsky.social
#IndustrialRelations #Unions
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CREW/TMRC Seminar: "Perspectives on ‘social value’ in the contemporary service economy"
📅Dec 10 - 2-5pm GMT
📍University of Greenwich
Dr Adrian Madden, University of York:
Luke Cheadle, Hospitality UK
Dr Oyinkansola Odunjo, CREW
Lunch 1pm. Please book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/perspectiv...
📅Dec 10 - 2-5pm GMT
📍University of Greenwich
Dr Adrian Madden, University of York:
Luke Cheadle, Hospitality UK
Dr Oyinkansola Odunjo, CREW
Lunch 1pm. Please book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/perspectiv...
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
CREW/TMRC Seminar: "Perspectives on ‘social value’ in the contemporary service economy"
📅Dec 10 - 2-5pm GMT
📍University of Greenwich
Dr Adrian Madden, University of York:
Luke Cheadle, Hospitality UK
Dr Oyinkansola Odunjo, CREW
Lunch 1pm. Please book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/perspectiv...
📅Dec 10 - 2-5pm GMT
📍University of Greenwich
Dr Adrian Madden, University of York:
Luke Cheadle, Hospitality UK
Dr Oyinkansola Odunjo, CREW
Lunch 1pm. Please book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/perspectiv...
'With education and a move towards renewable energy, we can honour his legacy"
By @noosarowiwa.bsky.social (whose travel books are also amazing)
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
By @noosarowiwa.bsky.social (whose travel books are also amazing)
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
My father, Ken Saro-Wiwa, died fighting for a clean Nigeria. Thirty years on it’s time to stop sucking on the dirty teat of the oil cash cow | Noo Saro-Wiwa
In 1995, as one of the Ogoni Nine, he was hanged after protesting against Shell’s oil pollution. With education and a move towards renewable energy, we can honour his legacy
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
'With education and a move towards renewable energy, we can honour his legacy"
By @noosarowiwa.bsky.social (whose travel books are also amazing)
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
By @noosarowiwa.bsky.social (whose travel books are also amazing)
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Early rainy morning on campus @ University of Greenwich
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Early rainy morning on campus @ University of Greenwich
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📣 How are SMEs using generative AI today? Can it help address labour and skill challenges?
If you missed our second Autumn 2025 Digit Debates event, ‘Generative AI: A solution to the SME skills challenge?’, you can now watch a recording on our website: digit-research.org/events/gener...
If you missed our second Autumn 2025 Digit Debates event, ‘Generative AI: A solution to the SME skills challenge?’, you can now watch a recording on our website: digit-research.org/events/gener...
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
📣 How are SMEs using generative AI today? Can it help address labour and skill challenges?
If you missed our second Autumn 2025 Digit Debates event, ‘Generative AI: A solution to the SME skills challenge?’, you can now watch a recording on our website: digit-research.org/events/gener...
If you missed our second Autumn 2025 Digit Debates event, ‘Generative AI: A solution to the SME skills challenge?’, you can now watch a recording on our website: digit-research.org/events/gener...
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The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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I hope it is now obvious why pillars of democracy like universities, the law, public broadcasting should be funded so that they are beyond the reach of financial coercion by hostile agents.
Pretty extraordinary story here
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show - BBC News
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I hope it is now obvious why pillars of democracy like universities, the law, public broadcasting should be funded so that they are beyond the reach of financial coercion by hostile agents.
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What is working-class power?
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Watch Masoud Movahed to know more - “Working-class structural power, associational power, and income inequality”
#industrialrelations
doi.org/10.1177/0022...
📽️ youtu.be/IXdcuV4ol1Q
@labornotes.bsky.social @etuc-ces.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk @lawcha.bsky.social
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Watch Masoud Movahed to know more - “Working-class structural power, associational power, and income inequality”
#industrialrelations
doi.org/10.1177/0022...
📽️ youtu.be/IXdcuV4ol1Q
@labornotes.bsky.social @etuc-ces.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk @lawcha.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 11:03 AM
What is working-class power?
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Watch Masoud Movahed to know more - “Working-class structural power, associational power, and income inequality”
#industrialrelations
doi.org/10.1177/0022...
📽️ youtu.be/IXdcuV4ol1Q
@labornotes.bsky.social @etuc-ces.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk @lawcha.bsky.social
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Watch Masoud Movahed to know more - “Working-class structural power, associational power, and income inequality”
#industrialrelations
doi.org/10.1177/0022...
📽️ youtu.be/IXdcuV4ol1Q
@labornotes.bsky.social @etuc-ces.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk @lawcha.bsky.social