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Life and hell under the same roof: Colombian call centre workers’ job perceptions and emotional strategies

Carlos Pineda Ramos explores how emotions in Colombian call centers are shaped by cultural, social, and economic forces, revealing workplace inequalities. Read more of the article

Exploiting the exploiters: Rethinking labour strategies in the era of Global Value Chains

Takis Iliopoulos considers how local suppliers, even in countries with low wages and labour standards, can wield power from their critical position in global supply chains. Read more of the article

How the rising influence of institutional investors undermines the bargaining power of trade unions

Thibault Darcillon and Yasmine Mohamed look at the link between the rise of institutional investors and the decreasing power of trade unions, and their consequent bargaining power. Read more of the article

Daylight Robbery: The State-Sponsored Theft of Irregular Migrants’ Wages

Keeping the skies open in a global pandemic

Pandemic, poverty, and power in global exploitation chains

Re-thinking ‘work’ from the global South

Management consultancies: Inventing the future

Are management consultancies masters of thought leadership or servants of power? Read more of the article

Work, utopia and the reproduction of life

What can ‘concrete utopias’ tell us about the futures of work and life? Read more of the article