Virginia Doellgast
@vdoellgast.bsky.social
Professor ILR School - Global Labor and Work. Unions & AI in telecoms, game development, ICT industry. Co-Editor ILR Review.
Pinned
I set up a ‘labor research and policy’ starter pack. It’s almost at the 150 person capacity… but let me know if I should add you to a ‘part 2’ list… go.bsky.app/55FK3m7
New report/working paper for the ILO - Global Case Studies of Social Dialogue on AI and Algorithmic Management. With Shruti Appalla, Dina Ginzburg, Jeonghun Kim, and Wen Li Thianhttps://www.ilo.org/publications/global-case-studies-social-dialogue-ai-and-algorithmic-management
Global case studies of social dialogue on AI and algorithmic management
This working paper explores how social dialogue is shaping the use of AI and algorithmic tools in workplaces across five continents. Through case studies, it highlights how worker representatives are ...
www.ilo.org
August 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
New report/working paper for the ILO - Global Case Studies of Social Dialogue on AI and Algorithmic Management. With Shruti Appalla, Dina Ginzburg, Jeonghun Kim, and Wen Li Thianhttps://www.ilo.org/publications/global-case-studies-social-dialogue-ai-and-algorithmic-management
Today at 10am EDT! @sasemeeting.bsky.social
Michèle Lamont and Wolfgang Streeck - Democracy after globalism: States, social movements, and recognition claims. 10:00-11:30 EDT/ 16-17:30 CET - Wed, 2 July virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...
Michèle Lamont and Wolfgang Streeck - Democracy after globalism: States, social movements, and recognition claims. 10:00-11:30 EDT/ 16-17:30 CET - Wed, 2 July virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...
July 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Today at 10am EDT! @sasemeeting.bsky.social
Michèle Lamont and Wolfgang Streeck - Democracy after globalism: States, social movements, and recognition claims. 10:00-11:30 EDT/ 16-17:30 CET - Wed, 2 July virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...
Michèle Lamont and Wolfgang Streeck - Democracy after globalism: States, social movements, and recognition claims. 10:00-11:30 EDT/ 16-17:30 CET - Wed, 2 July virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...
The Social Organization of Ideas: Translating Research into Labor Policy - Not-to-be-missed @sasemeeting.bsky.social Featured Panel
Imran Chowdhury, Chair - with Pierre-Antoine Harvey, Thea Lee, @thorsten-schulten.bsky.social, and Bart Vanhercke
virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...
Imran Chowdhury, Chair - with Pierre-Antoine Harvey, Thea Lee, @thorsten-schulten.bsky.social, and Bart Vanhercke
virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...
June 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The Social Organization of Ideas: Translating Research into Labor Policy - Not-to-be-missed @sasemeeting.bsky.social Featured Panel
Imran Chowdhury, Chair - with Pierre-Antoine Harvey, Thea Lee, @thorsten-schulten.bsky.social, and Bart Vanhercke
virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...
Imran Chowdhury, Chair - with Pierre-Antoine Harvey, Thea Lee, @thorsten-schulten.bsky.social, and Bart Vanhercke
virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...
Polanyi after Globalism - with Marguerite Mendell, @dorobohle.bsky.social, Zachariah Mampilly, and Andreas Novy. Don't miss this featured panel at @sasemeeting.bsky.social
15:00-16:30 Friday, 11 July 2025 - Room 517C
Link to program: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...
15:00-16:30 Friday, 11 July 2025 - Room 517C
Link to program: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...
June 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Polanyi after Globalism - with Marguerite Mendell, @dorobohle.bsky.social, Zachariah Mampilly, and Andreas Novy. Don't miss this featured panel at @sasemeeting.bsky.social
15:00-16:30 Friday, 11 July 2025 - Room 517C
Link to program: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...
15:00-16:30 Friday, 11 July 2025 - Room 517C
Link to program: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...
AI Value Chains: from Exploitation to Organizing -- with @geoplace.bsky.social, @martinkrz.bsky.social, and Uma Rani Amara - Featured panel @sasemeeting.bsky.social
08:30-10:00 Friday, 11 July, 2025 - Room 517C
virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...
08:30-10:00 Friday, 11 July, 2025 - Room 517C
virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...
June 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
AI Value Chains: from Exploitation to Organizing -- with @geoplace.bsky.social, @martinkrz.bsky.social, and Uma Rani Amara - Featured panel @sasemeeting.bsky.social
08:30-10:00 Friday, 11 July, 2025 - Room 517C
virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...
08:30-10:00 Friday, 11 July, 2025 - Room 517C
virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...
Reposted by Virginia Doellgast
Save the date! @aidanregan.bsky.social will moderate a round table discussion at this year's @sasemeeting.bsky.social conference. Participation is possible online.
@sasemeeting.bsky.social featured (virtual) panel with Michèle Lamont and Wolfgang Streeck - moderated by @aidanregan.bsky.social. Democracy after globalism: States, social movements, and recognition claims. 10:00-11:30 EDT/ 16-17:30 CET - Wed, 2 July virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...
June 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Save the date! @aidanregan.bsky.social will moderate a round table discussion at this year's @sasemeeting.bsky.social conference. Participation is possible online.
Reposted by Virginia Doellgast
@sasemeeting.bsky.social featured (virtual) panel with Michèle Lamont and Wolfgang Streeck - moderated by @aidanregan.bsky.social. Democracy after globalism: States, social movements, and recognition claims. 10:00-11:30 EDT/ 16-17:30 CET - Wed, 2 July virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...
June 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
@sasemeeting.bsky.social featured (virtual) panel with Michèle Lamont and Wolfgang Streeck - moderated by @aidanregan.bsky.social. Democracy after globalism: States, social movements, and recognition claims. 10:00-11:30 EDT/ 16-17:30 CET - Wed, 2 July virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...
Reposted by Virginia Doellgast
"Workers are usually not seeking to stop the march of technology," noted @vdoellgast.bsky.social, who is the Anne Evans Estabrook Professor of Employment Relations and Dispute Resolution at #CornellILR.
"They just want to have some control."
Read more: www.france24.com/en/live-news...
"They just want to have some control."
Read more: www.france24.com/en/live-news...
US labor unions fight to contain AI disruption
As artificial intelligence threatens to upend entire sectors of the economy, American labor unions are scrambling to protect workers, demand corporate transparency, and rally political support—an uphi...
www.france24.com
June 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
"Workers are usually not seeking to stop the march of technology," noted @vdoellgast.bsky.social, who is the Anne Evans Estabrook Professor of Employment Relations and Dispute Resolution at #CornellILR.
"They just want to have some control."
Read more: www.france24.com/en/live-news...
"They just want to have some control."
Read more: www.france24.com/en/live-news...
@sasemeeting.bsky.social featured (virtual) panel with Michèle Lamont and Wolfgang Streeck - moderated by @aidanregan.bsky.social. Democracy after globalism: States, social movements, and recognition claims. 10:00-11:30 EDT/ 16-17:30 CET - Wed, 2 July virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...
June 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
@sasemeeting.bsky.social featured (virtual) panel with Michèle Lamont and Wolfgang Streeck - moderated by @aidanregan.bsky.social. Democracy after globalism: States, social movements, and recognition claims. 10:00-11:30 EDT/ 16-17:30 CET - Wed, 2 July virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...
Reimagining Solidarity in Israel/Palestine - with Arees Bishara, Assaf Bondy, Walid Habbas, Jonathan Preminger, and Ibrahim Shikaki. Featured panel at the upcoming @sasemeeting.bsky.social annual meeting:
sase.org/event/2025-m...
sase.org/event/2025-m...
May 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Reimagining Solidarity in Israel/Palestine - with Arees Bishara, Assaf Bondy, Walid Habbas, Jonathan Preminger, and Ibrahim Shikaki. Featured panel at the upcoming @sasemeeting.bsky.social annual meeting:
sase.org/event/2025-m...
sase.org/event/2025-m...
Reposted by Virginia Doellgast
Cornell ILR is recruiting a Postdoc in Global Labor and Work - focusing on AI and labor. Deadline May 15, 2025. Please circulate widely! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/program/...
Cornell University, Global Labor and Work
Job #AJO29869, WDR-00051984 Postdoctoral Associate – Global Labor and Work, ILR Future of Work Program, Global Labor and Work, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
academicjobsonline.org
March 31, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Cornell ILR is recruiting a Postdoc in Global Labor and Work - focusing on AI and labor. Deadline May 15, 2025. Please circulate widely! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/program/...
Great beach read: part memoire, part call to arms by Orry Mittenmayer - former app-based delivery worker and works council + union organizer in Cologne.
April 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Great beach read: part memoire, part call to arms by Orry Mittenmayer - former app-based delivery worker and works council + union organizer in Cologne.
New paper in HRMJ: Unions help make remote work more fair - based on research in the US, Canada, and Germany: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
April 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
New paper in HRMJ: Unions help make remote work more fair - based on research in the US, Canada, and Germany: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Cornell ILR is recruiting a Postdoc in Global Labor and Work - focusing on AI and labor. Deadline May 15, 2025. Please circulate widely! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/program/...
Cornell University, Global Labor and Work
Job #AJO29869, WDR-00051984 Postdoctoral Associate – Global Labor and Work, ILR Future of Work Program, Global Labor and Work, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
academicjobsonline.org
March 31, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Cornell ILR is recruiting a Postdoc in Global Labor and Work - focusing on AI and labor. Deadline May 15, 2025. Please circulate widely! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/program/...
Reposted by Virginia Doellgast
Last was @etui.bsky.social's conference. I recommend session 1 w/Andrea Bassanini, @valepuligna.bsky.social, Uma Rani, & last session w/Dalia Gesualdi-Fecteau, @vdoellgast.bsky.social, @siborelli.bsky.social
Day 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iASg...
Day 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PskB... (11/11)
Day 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iASg...
Day 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PskB... (11/11)
Future of work: reclaiming the value of work in the digital economy (day 1)
YouTube video by ETUI
www.youtube.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Last was @etui.bsky.social's conference. I recommend session 1 w/Andrea Bassanini, @valepuligna.bsky.social, Uma Rani, & last session w/Dalia Gesualdi-Fecteau, @vdoellgast.bsky.social, @siborelli.bsky.social
Day 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iASg...
Day 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PskB... (11/11)
Day 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iASg...
Day 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PskB... (11/11)
Reposted by Virginia Doellgast
If the EU Court cancels the minimum wage directive, the popular legitimacy of the EU will be in tatters.
Workers will not understand why the many business-friendly EU governance prescriptions on wage cuts are legal while a labour-friendly directive on adequate minimum wages is not.
Workers will not understand why the many business-friendly EU governance prescriptions on wage cuts are legal while a labour-friendly directive on adequate minimum wages is not.
The EU Minimum Wage Directive: To Be or Not to Be? Spoiler: @rolanderne.bsky.social demolishes the Advocate General's case seeking to annul the Directive and backs the @etuc-ces.bsky.social case that the AG's opinion is an 'outlier' www.socialeurope.eu/the-eu-minim...
The EU Minimum Wage Directive: To Be or Not to Be?
Court challenge to EU minimum wage directive exposes tensions between legal interpretation, political compromise and social policy.
www.socialeurope.eu
February 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
If the EU Court cancels the minimum wage directive, the popular legitimacy of the EU will be in tatters.
Workers will not understand why the many business-friendly EU governance prescriptions on wage cuts are legal while a labour-friendly directive on adequate minimum wages is not.
Workers will not understand why the many business-friendly EU governance prescriptions on wage cuts are legal while a labour-friendly directive on adequate minimum wages is not.
Reposted by Virginia Doellgast
AI is transforming work, but workers shouldn’t be left behind. Stronger protections, human oversight, and collective bargaining can ensure AI benefits everyone—not just employers. Lessons from Germany show how worker voice shapes better workplaces. #FutureOfWork
equitablegrowth.org/boosting-u-s...
equitablegrowth.org/boosting-u-s...
Boosting U.S. worker power and voice in the AI-enabled workplace
Policies strengthening worker rights are crucial to boosting a high-road approach to an AI-enabled workplace that complements rather than replaces worker skills.
equitablegrowth.org
February 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
AI is transforming work, but workers shouldn’t be left behind. Stronger protections, human oversight, and collective bargaining can ensure AI benefits everyone—not just employers. Lessons from Germany show how worker voice shapes better workplaces. #FutureOfWork
equitablegrowth.org/boosting-u-s...
equitablegrowth.org/boosting-u-s...
Reposted by Virginia Doellgast
New paper from @vdoellgast.bsky.social & Nell Geiser from @cwaunion.bsky.social:
“policies strengthening worker rights and power are crucial to encouraging a high-road approach to AI that complements rather than replaces workforce skills.”
“policies strengthening worker rights and power are crucial to encouraging a high-road approach to AI that complements rather than replaces workforce skills.”
AI is transforming work, but workers shouldn’t be left behind. Stronger protections, human oversight, and collective bargaining can ensure AI benefits everyone—not just employers. Lessons from Germany show how worker voice shapes better workplaces. #FutureOfWork
equitablegrowth.org/boosting-u-s...
equitablegrowth.org/boosting-u-s...
Boosting U.S. worker power and voice in the AI-enabled workplace
Policies strengthening worker rights are crucial to boosting a high-road approach to an AI-enabled workplace that complements rather than replaces worker skills.
equitablegrowth.org
February 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
New paper from @vdoellgast.bsky.social & Nell Geiser from @cwaunion.bsky.social:
“policies strengthening worker rights and power are crucial to encouraging a high-road approach to AI that complements rather than replaces workforce skills.”
“policies strengthening worker rights and power are crucial to encouraging a high-road approach to AI that complements rather than replaces workforce skills.”
Reposted by Virginia Doellgast
Join our Jan 29 webinar on 'Labor Union Responses to AI' - @cornellilr.bsky.social with speakers from the @cwaunion.bsky.social Research Dept, Meow Wolf Workers Collective, and New York Times Tech Guild. www.ilr.cornell.edu/carow/events...
AI and the Future for Workers: Labor Union Responses to Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is being adopted across sectors, with profound implications for workers. Join us for a conversation with researchers and organizers from the Cornell School of Industrial Labor ...
www.ilr.cornell.edu
January 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Join our Jan 29 webinar on 'Labor Union Responses to AI' - @cornellilr.bsky.social with speakers from the @cwaunion.bsky.social Research Dept, Meow Wolf Workers Collective, and New York Times Tech Guild. www.ilr.cornell.edu/carow/events...
Reposted by Virginia Doellgast
Engage with this fascinating new work on unpaid labor
@valepuligna.bsky.social @ercresearch.bsky.social
@oxfordunipress.bsky.social that was featured in our book review forum. A book presentation at follows on 29th January.
blog.oup.com/2025/01/beyo...
@valepuligna.bsky.social @ercresearch.bsky.social
@oxfordunipress.bsky.social that was featured in our book review forum. A book presentation at follows on 29th January.
blog.oup.com/2025/01/beyo...
January 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Engage with this fascinating new work on unpaid labor
@valepuligna.bsky.social @ercresearch.bsky.social
@oxfordunipress.bsky.social that was featured in our book review forum. A book presentation at follows on 29th January.
blog.oup.com/2025/01/beyo...
@valepuligna.bsky.social @ercresearch.bsky.social
@oxfordunipress.bsky.social that was featured in our book review forum. A book presentation at follows on 29th January.
blog.oup.com/2025/01/beyo...
Join our Jan 29 webinar on 'Labor Union Responses to AI' - @cornellilr.bsky.social with speakers from the @cwaunion.bsky.social Research Dept, Meow Wolf Workers Collective, and New York Times Tech Guild. www.ilr.cornell.edu/carow/events...
AI and the Future for Workers: Labor Union Responses to Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is being adopted across sectors, with profound implications for workers. Join us for a conversation with researchers and organizers from the Cornell School of Industrial Labor ...
www.ilr.cornell.edu
January 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Join our Jan 29 webinar on 'Labor Union Responses to AI' - @cornellilr.bsky.social with speakers from the @cwaunion.bsky.social Research Dept, Meow Wolf Workers Collective, and New York Times Tech Guild. www.ilr.cornell.edu/carow/events...
Reposted by Virginia Doellgast
How do labor unions impact workplace safety? Ling Li and coauthors show that unionization decreased the case distribution of accidents below 2 cases per 100 full-time equivalent workers annually in larger bargaining units and manufacturing establishments.
doi.org/10.1177/0019...
doi.org/10.1177/0019...
January 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
How do labor unions impact workplace safety? Ling Li and coauthors show that unionization decreased the case distribution of accidents below 2 cases per 100 full-time equivalent workers annually in larger bargaining units and manufacturing establishments.
doi.org/10.1177/0019...
doi.org/10.1177/0019...
Reposted by Virginia Doellgast
What are the causes of #work #intensification? Francis Green
and coauthors show that #technology, organizational change, upskilling requirements and self-employment can all account for increasing work intensification.
doi.org/10.1177/0019...
and coauthors show that #technology, organizational change, upskilling requirements and self-employment can all account for increasing work intensification.
doi.org/10.1177/0019...
January 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
What are the causes of #work #intensification? Francis Green
and coauthors show that #technology, organizational change, upskilling requirements and self-employment can all account for increasing work intensification.
doi.org/10.1177/0019...
and coauthors show that #technology, organizational change, upskilling requirements and self-employment can all account for increasing work intensification.
doi.org/10.1177/0019...
Reposted by Virginia Doellgast
How can the state facilitate workforce development?
Jenna Myers and Katherine Kellogg @mitsloan.bsky.social show that state actors can structure provisional goal setting and revision, encourage experimentation, and frame coordination to inspire collective action.
doi.org/10.1177/0019...
Jenna Myers and Katherine Kellogg @mitsloan.bsky.social show that state actors can structure provisional goal setting and revision, encourage experimentation, and frame coordination to inspire collective action.
doi.org/10.1177/0019...
January 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
How can the state facilitate workforce development?
Jenna Myers and Katherine Kellogg @mitsloan.bsky.social show that state actors can structure provisional goal setting and revision, encourage experimentation, and frame coordination to inspire collective action.
doi.org/10.1177/0019...
Jenna Myers and Katherine Kellogg @mitsloan.bsky.social show that state actors can structure provisional goal setting and revision, encourage experimentation, and frame coordination to inspire collective action.
doi.org/10.1177/0019...
Reposted by Virginia Doellgast
Read Stephen J Frenkel's review of Wolfgang Streeck's new book @versobooks.bsky.social that provokes us into thinking how nation #states can take back control from centralized #institutions and reverse the nefarious impacts of #neoliberal thinking.
doi.org/10.1177/0019...
doi.org/10.1177/0019...
January 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Read Stephen J Frenkel's review of Wolfgang Streeck's new book @versobooks.bsky.social that provokes us into thinking how nation #states can take back control from centralized #institutions and reverse the nefarious impacts of #neoliberal thinking.
doi.org/10.1177/0019...
doi.org/10.1177/0019...