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A place-based approach to fair pay and secure working hours 

On the Futures of Work blog, Ellie Farmahan describes the success of Living Wage UK in putting £3 billion into the pockets of workers over the last 20 years, and what still needs to be done to ensure more workers have security and enough to live on. Read more of the article

Austerity-driven policification: Police officers replace teaching assistants

Malte Laub considers the effect of austerity on the role of the police, who are now having to act as teaching assistants and mental health support workers, and pick up the pieces of a failed welfare state. Read more of the article

Why employees in finance are paid (a lot) more than everyone else and what does it mean for workers’ politics?

Iris Nikolopoulou analyses how the increasing influence of the financial sector has generated distinct paths in terms of working conditions between workers employed by private financial institutions and the rest of the economy. 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

#cancel_efood: Online solidarity to platform workers

Gregory Tsardanidis looks at the power of boycotting in the digital age, when used by workers fighting unfair employment conditions. Read more of the article

Another lesson from the pandemic: Minority voices within the collective do matter

On Futures of Work, Joyce Mamode considers the role of equality reps in workplaces during the pandemic in representing minority groups and encouraging managers to be more flexible and adaptable in their implementation of covid19 emergency policies. Read more of the article

When work time becomes a psychosocial hazard

On Futures of Work, Kantha Dayaram and Hasnat Ahmad report their findings into how increased working hours, because of remote working or constant connectivity, have impacted workers’ mental health. Read more of the article

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

The future of work and the cost-of-living crisis

Exploited migrant workers in the UK: Heightened risks and mitigation failures