Kate Hardy
@katerhardy.bsky.social
Professor of Global Labour. Co-Editor in Chief - New Technology Work and Employment.
Interests include: Marxist-Feminism, sex work, feminist activism, self-employment, work and technology, gender, decolonial theory.
Interests include: Marxist-Feminism, sex work, feminist activism, self-employment, work and technology, gender, decolonial theory.
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Let’s also not forget that foreign born nannies have been very vocal about facing no wages, sexual assault, and violence and if they speak out, their rich white employers will threaten to report them to ICE
ICE is going to parks in Los Angeles and kidnapping nannies who are caring for small children
The children are witnessing these kidnappings and being held in custody until their parents are contacted
Women and children in parks
The children are witnessing these kidnappings and being held in custody until their parents are contacted
Women and children in parks
June 14, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Let’s also not forget that foreign born nannies have been very vocal about facing no wages, sexual assault, and violence and if they speak out, their rich white employers will threaten to report them to ICE
Young women students are 50% more likely to work, face sexual harassment & unclear about their rights.
Join us *today at 12pm* to hear more about our findings on women student workers from our ESRC project L-Earning: rethinking young women's working lives.
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Join us *today at 12pm* to hear more about our findings on women student workers from our ESRC project L-Earning: rethinking young women's working lives.
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Briefing launch ‘Earning While Learning: student employment’
Learn about our new in-depth research on students in paid employment. We will share findings and advice for educators, employers and unions.
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June 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Young women students are 50% more likely to work, face sexual harassment & unclear about their rights.
Join us *today at 12pm* to hear more about our findings on women student workers from our ESRC project L-Earning: rethinking young women's working lives.
www.eventbrite.com/e/briefing-l...
Join us *today at 12pm* to hear more about our findings on women student workers from our ESRC project L-Earning: rethinking young women's working lives.
www.eventbrite.com/e/briefing-l...
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New article published on the CERIC website about the work our researchers @katerhardy.bsky.social and Mia Zhong have been doing with @ywworking.bsky.social
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New report on student workers and ‘earning while learning’ released
Not only are student workers important to the economy, but working while in education has positive and negative effects on students, says a new report released today.
business.leeds.ac.uk
May 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
New article published on the CERIC website about the work our researchers @katerhardy.bsky.social and Mia Zhong have been doing with @ywworking.bsky.social
business.leeds.ac.uk/research-cer...
business.leeds.ac.uk/research-cer...
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Women have long faced sidelining in Marxist spaces, yet as this panel argues, their insights have radically reshaped Marxist thought—whether by exposing unpaid labor or connecting dispossession and oppression.
Feat. Simin Fadaee, Helen Yaffe, @katerhardy.bsky.social et al.
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Feat. Simin Fadaee, Helen Yaffe, @katerhardy.bsky.social et al.
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Global Marxism by Simin Fadaee, featuring Helen Yaffe, Ana Cecilia Dinerstein and Kate Hardy
In this panel discussion event, an all-female panel discussed Marx’s enduring influence, as well as whether writing about Marxism is a male-dominated space a...
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April 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Women have long faced sidelining in Marxist spaces, yet as this panel argues, their insights have radically reshaped Marxist thought—whether by exposing unpaid labor or connecting dispossession and oppression.
Feat. Simin Fadaee, Helen Yaffe, @katerhardy.bsky.social et al.
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Feat. Simin Fadaee, Helen Yaffe, @katerhardy.bsky.social et al.
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Maybe all those @ucu.org.uk members who were told they couldn't take their employer to Employment Tribunal for [insert dubious excuse here] reasons over the punitive Action Short Of Strike deductions should feed into this?
#EmploymentTribunal #EmploymentLaw #WorkersRights
Maybe all those @ucu.org.uk members who were told they couldn't take their employer to Employment Tribunal for [insert dubious excuse here] reasons over the punitive Action Short Of Strike deductions should feed into this?
#EmploymentTribunal #EmploymentLaw #WorkersRights
Emiliano @mellino.bsky.social & Lucy McKay of TBIJ @tbij.bsky.social have launched a new project to investigate the barriers faced by workers trying to assert their rights. Tried to take your employer to tribunal or helped somebody who has? Contact TBIJ👇
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Employment tribunals: can you help us with a major new project?
We are investigating the barriers faced by UK workers trying to assert their rights through the employment tribunal. If you have tried to take your…
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Maybe all those @ucu.org.uk members who were told they couldn't take their employer to Employment Tribunal for [insert dubious excuse here] reasons over the punitive Action Short Of Strike deductions should feed into this?
#EmploymentTribunal #EmploymentLaw #WorkersRights
Maybe all those @ucu.org.uk members who were told they couldn't take their employer to Employment Tribunal for [insert dubious excuse here] reasons over the punitive Action Short Of Strike deductions should feed into this?
#EmploymentTribunal #EmploymentLaw #WorkersRights
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It is with great sadness that we report the news that Professor Vincent Gillespie died at home on 13 March.
Read more about Professor Gillespie's life as an inspiring scholar, a warm and caring tutor, and a much-loved colleague.
Read more about Professor Gillespie's life as an inspiring scholar, a warm and caring tutor, and a much-loved colleague.
Professor Vincent Gillespie, FBA (11 February 1954–13 March 2025)
english.web.ox.ac.uk
March 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
It is with great sadness that we report the news that Professor Vincent Gillespie died at home on 13 March.
Read more about Professor Gillespie's life as an inspiring scholar, a warm and caring tutor, and a much-loved colleague.
Read more about Professor Gillespie's life as an inspiring scholar, a warm and caring tutor, and a much-loved colleague.
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Just the sheer, obscene spectacle of a Government minister on £160K+ plus expenses and all the freebies, coming for the sub £10K per year that my son gets in PIP - being autistic & learning disabled in a deeply unequal, discriminatory & hostile society is not a “lifestyle choice”
March 19, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Just the sheer, obscene spectacle of a Government minister on £160K+ plus expenses and all the freebies, coming for the sub £10K per year that my son gets in PIP - being autistic & learning disabled in a deeply unequal, discriminatory & hostile society is not a “lifestyle choice”
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@lilithbrouwers.bsky.social, @katerhardy.bsky.social & Prof. Kim Allen will present their experiences from the @ywworking.bsky.social project
March 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
@lilithbrouwers.bsky.social, @katerhardy.bsky.social & Prof. Kim Allen will present their experiences from the @ywworking.bsky.social project
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1/3: Last August, upon my becoming a Prof., Vincent Gillespie emailed me unexpectedly to congratulate me & to note his belief that supporting rising talent meant more to him than any of his publications. He also said that it was now my turn to foster that support. When I was a PGR, after giving a …
March 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
1/3: Last August, upon my becoming a Prof., Vincent Gillespie emailed me unexpectedly to congratulate me & to note his belief that supporting rising talent meant more to him than any of his publications. He also said that it was now my turn to foster that support. When I was a PGR, after giving a …
My Father in Law, Vincent Gillespie, passed away last night. Vincent was born in Liverpool. His parents -who left school at 14- saw education as the ticket out of disadvantage.
Vincent went on to become Emeritus J R R Tolkien Professor of English Literature and Language at @ox.ac.uk
Vincent went on to become Emeritus J R R Tolkien Professor of English Literature and Language at @ox.ac.uk
March 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
My Father in Law, Vincent Gillespie, passed away last night. Vincent was born in Liverpool. His parents -who left school at 14- saw education as the ticket out of disadvantage.
Vincent went on to become Emeritus J R R Tolkien Professor of English Literature and Language at @ox.ac.uk
Vincent went on to become Emeritus J R R Tolkien Professor of English Literature and Language at @ox.ac.uk
New article from Hanne Stegeman & I: "Locating online labour: the salience of the national scale in remote digital work" (Environment & Planning A)
We theorise nation-scale cultural & infrastructural norms & practices as still constitutive of online-only work.
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We theorise nation-scale cultural & infrastructural norms & practices as still constitutive of online-only work.
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March 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
New article from Hanne Stegeman & I: "Locating online labour: the salience of the national scale in remote digital work" (Environment & Planning A)
We theorise nation-scale cultural & infrastructural norms & practices as still constitutive of online-only work.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We theorise nation-scale cultural & infrastructural norms & practices as still constitutive of online-only work.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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@lilithbrouwers.bsky.social, @katerhardy.bsky.social, & Prof. Kim Allen will present their experiences from the @ywworking.bsky.social project
March 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
@lilithbrouwers.bsky.social, @katerhardy.bsky.social, & Prof. Kim Allen will present their experiences from the @ywworking.bsky.social project
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The "Disrupting Technology" conference calls for abstracts of careful, empirically grounded, theorisations of technology & its impact on work and employment relations.
Asking what is genuinely novel about digital innovations & should be excellent & of interest to readers & authors of NTWE.
Asking what is genuinely novel about digital innovations & should be excellent & of interest to readers & authors of NTWE.
🟢 Event webpage now live! 🔁 Please share with your networks!
📣 Call for Papers! Disrupting Technology Conference 2025📣
📅 Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th June
📍 University of Leeds, UK
‼️ Abstract deadline: 7th March
📧 Abstracts <500 words to: ceric@leeds.ac.uk
business.leeds.ac.uk/research-cer...
📣 Call for Papers! Disrupting Technology Conference 2025📣
📅 Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th June
📍 University of Leeds, UK
‼️ Abstract deadline: 7th March
📧 Abstracts <500 words to: ceric@leeds.ac.uk
business.leeds.ac.uk/research-cer...
Disrupting Technology Conference 2025, Leeds
The 3rd international conference on Disrupting Technology will be held on Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th June 2025 at Cloth Hall Court, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
business.leeds.ac.uk
March 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The "Disrupting Technology" conference calls for abstracts of careful, empirically grounded, theorisations of technology & its impact on work and employment relations.
Asking what is genuinely novel about digital innovations & should be excellent & of interest to readers & authors of NTWE.
Asking what is genuinely novel about digital innovations & should be excellent & of interest to readers & authors of NTWE.
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🌟 Disrupting Technology Conference 2025, 16 & 17 June, Leeds
📣 Fantastic keynote speakers:
🔹 Prof Mark Graham, Fairwork & Oxford Internet Institute
🔹 Dr Uma Rani, Senior Economist, ILO
‼️ Abstract deadline 7 March
➡️ Join us! Check out the call for papers: business.leeds.ac.uk/research-cer...
📣 Fantastic keynote speakers:
🔹 Prof Mark Graham, Fairwork & Oxford Internet Institute
🔹 Dr Uma Rani, Senior Economist, ILO
‼️ Abstract deadline 7 March
➡️ Join us! Check out the call for papers: business.leeds.ac.uk/research-cer...
February 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🌟 Disrupting Technology Conference 2025, 16 & 17 June, Leeds
📣 Fantastic keynote speakers:
🔹 Prof Mark Graham, Fairwork & Oxford Internet Institute
🔹 Dr Uma Rani, Senior Economist, ILO
‼️ Abstract deadline 7 March
➡️ Join us! Check out the call for papers: business.leeds.ac.uk/research-cer...
📣 Fantastic keynote speakers:
🔹 Prof Mark Graham, Fairwork & Oxford Internet Institute
🔹 Dr Uma Rani, Senior Economist, ILO
‼️ Abstract deadline 7 March
➡️ Join us! Check out the call for papers: business.leeds.ac.uk/research-cer...
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A new study published in the Lancet finds that life expectancy in Gaza dropped by nearly half, from 75.5 years to 40.6 years, during the first twelve months of the genocide. Apocalyptic.
February 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A new study published in the Lancet finds that life expectancy in Gaza dropped by nearly half, from 75.5 years to 40.6 years, during the first twelve months of the genocide. Apocalyptic.
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Sorry to have missed the UK-wide UCU VP and Treasurer hustings today, but I hear @illdoitanyway.bsky.social and Deepa Driver were articulate, and had concrete plans on how to move forward. Read more about Rhiannon here: rhiannonforucuvp.wordpress.com
Rhiannon for UCU VP (Higher Education)
Vote Rhiannon Lockley (she/her) for UCU Vice President (Higher Education): ballots are live 27th January till 3rd March 2025
rhiannonforucuvp.wordpress.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Sorry to have missed the UK-wide UCU VP and Treasurer hustings today, but I hear @illdoitanyway.bsky.social and Deepa Driver were articulate, and had concrete plans on how to move forward. Read more about Rhiannon here: rhiannonforucuvp.wordpress.com
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Special Issue deadline approaching:
"Reshaping work: Disabled people’s inclusion & digitalization in the new world of work"
Exploring how digitalization, AI, & machine learning affect job search, hiring processes & working life for disabled people: tinyurl.com/5n7znjzx
Deadline: 31 January 2025
"Reshaping work: Disabled people’s inclusion & digitalization in the new world of work"
Exploring how digitalization, AI, & machine learning affect job search, hiring processes & working life for disabled people: tinyurl.com/5n7znjzx
Deadline: 31 January 2025
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January 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Special Issue deadline approaching:
"Reshaping work: Disabled people’s inclusion & digitalization in the new world of work"
Exploring how digitalization, AI, & machine learning affect job search, hiring processes & working life for disabled people: tinyurl.com/5n7znjzx
Deadline: 31 January 2025
"Reshaping work: Disabled people’s inclusion & digitalization in the new world of work"
Exploring how digitalization, AI, & machine learning affect job search, hiring processes & working life for disabled people: tinyurl.com/5n7znjzx
Deadline: 31 January 2025
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With the exception of 4 days in November 2023, Israel has bombed Gaza every day for over 15 months.
via: the IMEU
via: the IMEU
January 15, 2025 at 6:37 AM
With the exception of 4 days in November 2023, Israel has bombed Gaza every day for over 15 months.
via: the IMEU
via: the IMEU
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Sociology in the Times of Genocide: call for expressions of interest for a forthcoming Special Section of The Sociological Review journal.
More info buff.ly/4izyRjO
Deadline 13 January
Editors: @kirsteen-paton.bsky.social and Karis Campion
#CfP #Gaza #Palestine
Keffiyeh artwork buff.ly/41uSBir
More info buff.ly/4izyRjO
Deadline 13 January
Editors: @kirsteen-paton.bsky.social and Karis Campion
#CfP #Gaza #Palestine
Keffiyeh artwork buff.ly/41uSBir
December 12, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Sociology in the Times of Genocide: call for expressions of interest for a forthcoming Special Section of The Sociological Review journal.
More info buff.ly/4izyRjO
Deadline 13 January
Editors: @kirsteen-paton.bsky.social and Karis Campion
#CfP #Gaza #Palestine
Keffiyeh artwork buff.ly/41uSBir
More info buff.ly/4izyRjO
Deadline 13 January
Editors: @kirsteen-paton.bsky.social and Karis Campion
#CfP #Gaza #Palestine
Keffiyeh artwork buff.ly/41uSBir
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Ethnic cleansing in Northern Gaza.
December 4, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Ethnic cleansing in Northern Gaza.
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Tomorrow is the final CERIC Seminar of the semester! Akram Al Ariss will be joining us online at 1pm to discuss Employment of International Migrants: What we know and what we still need to know. Free registration here: www.eventbrite.com/e/akram-al-a...
Akram Al Ariss: Employment of International Migrants
What we know and what we still need to know. Part of the CERIC Seminar series.
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December 2, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Tomorrow is the final CERIC Seminar of the semester! Akram Al Ariss will be joining us online at 1pm to discuss Employment of International Migrants: What we know and what we still need to know. Free registration here: www.eventbrite.com/e/akram-al-a...
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““Belgium [passed a law that] allows sex workers to sign formal employment contracts — granting them access to sick days, maternity pay & pension. The new law also guarantees…the ability to refuse clients, set the conditions of an act, and stop an act at any moment”
www.npr.org/2024/12/01/n...
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Belgium becomes first country to give sex workers robust labor rights and protections
The new law guarantees fundamental rights for sex workers, including the ability to refuse clients, set the conditions of an act, and stop an act at any moment.
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December 2, 2024 at 3:50 AM
““Belgium [passed a law that] allows sex workers to sign formal employment contracts — granting them access to sick days, maternity pay & pension. The new law also guarantees…the ability to refuse clients, set the conditions of an act, and stop an act at any moment”
www.npr.org/2024/12/01/n...
www.npr.org/2024/12/01/n...
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Gig workers in Delhi suffer immensely from heightened air pollution, crossing even 1000 AQI. We conducted a health camp in Delhi for the gig & outdoor workers. Indian Govt should act to protect workers from climate crisis as well as make corporate platforms accountable.
We partnered with JSA Delhi & Delhi Science Forum to organize a health camp for gig workers & other outdoor workers affected by New Delhi’s severely polluted air (marked by alarming AQI levels). Dr. Sayan Maharatna (AIIMS) led health checkups, providing medical guidance.
November 29, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Gig workers in Delhi suffer immensely from heightened air pollution, crossing even 1000 AQI. We conducted a health camp in Delhi for the gig & outdoor workers. Indian Govt should act to protect workers from climate crisis as well as make corporate platforms accountable.
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Sort of wild that this doesn't seem to be in the news in the US, so here we go
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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Brazilian police arrest five in alleged plot to kill president Lula and stage coup
Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested five people suspected of involvement in an alleged coup attempt in which they planned to kill then president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his vice-president weeks before they took office, police said.
www.reuters.com
November 20, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Sort of wild that this doesn't seem to be in the news in the US, so here we go
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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How do unions resist the implementation of technology that would otherwise have a deleterious impact on their member's terms and conditions of work? Our new paper in New Technology Work and Employment
looks at this question. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
looks at this question. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The HIAL storm: Resisting the technological transformation of air traffic control
Whether and under what conditions the implementation of technology can be resisted hinges on how labour can mobilise structural, associational, institutional, coalitional and ideational power resourc...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 14, 2024 at 4:32 PM
How do unions resist the implementation of technology that would otherwise have a deleterious impact on their member's terms and conditions of work? Our new paper in New Technology Work and Employment
looks at this question. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
looks at this question. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...