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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

Gender parity at executive level: The surprising success story of UK publicly subsidised arts organisations

On Futures of Work, Mary Ann le Lean investigates what we can learn from publicly subsidised arts organisations in terms of gender parity. Read more of the article

The post-Carrie Bradshaw era in China: When women’s singlehood became a ‘problem’ in society and the workplace

On Futures of Work, Ne Ma looks at the struggle in the workplace for single women in China. On the one hand they’re stigmatised for not being married with children in a culture with declining birthrates, on the other hand they’re seen as a ‘maybe baby’ risk by employers. Read more of the article

Cold wars and class wars

Is litigation the way forward to address the undervaluation of women’s work?

Why green jobs aren’t good jobs – yet

What happens in a platform office?

The future of working from home

Office life, but not as we know it

A four day week: For the win or for the birds?