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Elisa Pannini
@elisapannini.bsky.social
Lecturer in HRM
CREW Greenwich
PhD from LSE Management
Employment relations, labour, unions.
Opinions are my own, of course.
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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...
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
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
"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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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...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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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

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November 14, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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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
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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
November 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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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...
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
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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
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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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...
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 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...
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
Early rainy morning on campus @ University of Greenwich
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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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...
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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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
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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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-...
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
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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.
November 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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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
October 30, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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From a family story to a global question.
eui-history.bsky.social researcher Julià Gómez Reig explores how fascism spread across borders in 1920s Europe, and why it still matters today.

🎥 Watch the full story: https://loom.ly/u6fXk50
October 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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🚨New paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1350...

@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
October 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Employment Rights Bill back in the Lords: Usdaw calls on Peers to end their opposition after MPs reject Lords’ amendments www.usdaw.org.uk/latest-news/...
USDAW - Employment Rights Bill back in the Lords
www.usdaw.org.uk
October 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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📢Stop the Agency Rip Off!

Supply teachers are being paid below national scales and denied access to their pensions, while agencies profit from the money schools provide.

The government must act now to fix this. #StopTheAgencyRipOff
October 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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🎧 Tackling Inequality – now on Spotify! Real stories. Real action. Hear how we’re tackling inequality and driving change across the union on this week’s CWU Live podcast 👇

www.cwu.org/podcast/desp...
Despatch From the CWU Equalities Event | CWU LIVE
Podcast edition of CWU Live: This week, we were at the CWU Equalities Event - where 150 delegates got together for two days of powerful discussion and action on equality across our union and beyond. H...
www.cwu.org
October 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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CREW Seminar: Public Sector Pay & Reward

⏰Wed, 5 Nov 13-17 GMT
📍University of Greenwich

Ken Mulkearn, Director of Research, Incomes Data Research
Nicola Allison, The Office of Manpower Economics
Nick Entwistle, Unison
Seb Ardoin, CREW

Please register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crew-semin...
CREW Seminar: Public Sector Pay & Reward
Join us at the CREW Seminar to learn about public sector pay and reward in a casual and informative setting!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Labour Market Tightness and Union Activity by Patrick Nüß -

Seminar at PEGFA - University of Greenwich

16th Oct 2025 5pm - 6:30pm

www.gre.ac.uk/events/curre...
Labour Market Tightness and Union Activity - PEGFA seminar | Events | University of Greenwich
www.gre.ac.uk
October 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Our members at TikTok watch out for harmful content so you don't have to. They should be respected at work - not facing the sack for wanting a union.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
UK MPs urged to investigate TikTok’s plans to cut 439 content moderator jobs
Trade unions and online safety experts sign letter warning jobs losses could expose children to harmful content
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM