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TASA WLE

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Work, Labour and Economy Thematic Group of TASA. Tweets (including RT) not endorsed by TASA.

 Australia
tasa.org.au/sociology-of-work-labour-and-economy/
Joined March 2017
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TASA@AustSoc15 Jun 2023
CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS - Be part of the largest global gathering of Sociologists! The XX ISA World Congress of Sociology will be held in Melbourne from 25 June – 1 July 2023. Register your intertest by 20 June: buff.ly/3JeSzS3 #isawc23 #TASA #sociology
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Call for Australian Participants for a new project on casual/sessional employment in academia: "Academic Nomads". Please check out the link. @AustSoc tasa.org.au/content.aspx?pag…
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With unemployment and underemployment surging, esp. among young people, we need a Liveable Income Guarantee write @JohnQuiggin @elisejklein and myself in The @ConversationEDU theconversation.com/forget-j… @ppesydney @Usyd_ssps @AdkinsProf @AdamDavidMorton #auspol #COVID19
Forget JobSeeker. In our post-COVID economy, Australia needs a ‘liveable income guarantee’ instead

Forget JobSeeker. In our post-COVID economy, Australia needs a ‘liveable income guarantee’ instead

As debate grows over what should happen to JobSeeker Payment, a ‘liveable income guarantee’ turns the idea of an unemployment benefit on its head.

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Want to support #genderequality and women's careers through your research? The Women & Work Research Group and Prof. @Raecooper1 are recruiting a PhD researcher to investigate inequalities in the #finance workforce with an @Investec scholarship. sydney.edu.au/scholarships/a…
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My piece on the plight of casual workers in the coronavirus crisis. smh.com.au/national/incomes-…
Incomes are 'evaporating overnight': Why casuals need help to ride out the pandemic

Incomes are 'evaporating overnight': Why casuals need help to ride out the pandemic

Much contemporary work is precarious and insufficient and provides no safety net for sickness or unemployment.

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Excited to have a cover for my upcoming book with @AdkinsProf and Melinda Cooper
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Calling #workfare and #socialpolicy scholars for abstracts on the following thematic area (and many more!): Basic income and the end of workfare — What are the social, economic and health consequences of workfare regimes? What role could basic income play in ameliorating them?
BIEN2020Congress (@bien2020) profile pictureBIEN2020Congress@bien202024 Jan 2020
ONE WEEK to get your Abstracts in for BIEN2020 in Brisbane this September. ‘Submit Abstract’ on this website by Friday January 31, 2020. We want to you all in Brisbane this year! bien2020.com/call-for-papers #BasicIncome #UBI #auspol #ausecon #academiatwitter
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TASA@AustSoc29 Aug 2019
Latest book by TASA member @willjohncock @UNSW 'Naturally Late: Synchronization in Socially Constructed Times' buff.ly/2IQ3tjw @TASAUrban @TASAReligion @TASA_AppliedSoc @CultSocyTASA @TASA_SociTheory @TASA_GS @tasaanimals @HealthTASA @tasa_work @tasapostgrads @TASA_CaG
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TASA@AustSoc3 Sep 2019
TASA member & #sociologist @Mjwal10 @UniCanberra was interviewed by @Julesschiller @ABCAdelaide Drive yesterday about the role of #music in retail contexts. Michael on from / 20 min. mark: buff.ly/30U7OYv @TASAUrban @CultSocyTASA @TASA_SociTheory @HealthTASA @tasa_work
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TASA@AustSoc5 Sep 2019
Latest #book chapter by TASA member @LesleyJPruitt @MonashUni “Youth, Peace, and Security: Global Trends and a Colombian Case Study.” pp. 326-336. buff.ly/2zRBw4c @TASAUrban @TASAReligion @TASA_CaG @CultSocyTASA @TASA_SociTheory @TASA_GS @HealthTASA @tasa_work
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TASA@AustSoc5 Sep 2019
Latest book by TASA member Keith Noble @InsideoutA & @jcu et al. 'Agriculture and Resilience in Australia’s North: A Lived Experience' buff.ly/2ZvjKmJ @TASAUrban @CultSocyTASA @TASA_ @HealthTASA @tasa_work @tasapostgrads @TASAEnvSoc @TASA_FRG @YouthTASA @TASA_SEA
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TASA@AustSoc8 Sep 2019
Latest book chapter by TASA member @NettaBromdal @usqedu et al. 'Memoirs & Manifestos for Early Career Reserachers in Gender & Sexuality Education Research' buff.ly/2zPIRl9 @TASA_GS @HealthTASA @CultSocyTASA @tasa_work @tasapostgrads @TASA_Sport @TASASocEd @TASA_SEA
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UQ Symposium: Automation, Ethics and Society -- Full day event, 21st Nov 2019 in Brisbane, Australia Featuring Professor GUY STANDING and other notable sociologists, economists and business scholars social-science.uq.edu.au/eve…
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Congratulations to Larissa Bamberry @elby326 et al. on their latest publication, "Skills for women tradies in regional Australia: A global future" in The International Journal of Training Research - Looks great! doi.org/10.1080/14480220.201…
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This is really something. More than 100,000 low paid workers at Maccas will now get award penalty rates for the first time, worth $100m+ a year. We spent alot of time on this investigative series and the change since it was published has blown me away. theage.com.au/business/workp…
Huge wage boost and penalty rate win for 100,000 McDonald's workers

Huge wage boost and penalty rate win for 100,000 McDonald's workers

Burger giant McDonalds will soon start paying out tens of millions of dollars in higher wages after it finally agreed to pay weekend penalty rates.

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TASA@AustSoc2 May 2019
Latest article by TASA members @rpatulny @MichPeterie @gregmarston1 et al. ‘The strong, the weak and the meaningful: do friends or acquaintances help us get ‘any’ job, or ‘meaningful’ work?’ buff.ly/2VBVMDz @TASA_AppliedSoc @CultSocyTASA @tasa_work @YouthTASA @TASA_SEA
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Melbourne friends: 7 pm 24 May, I'll be there to discuss the state of #universities & a better future for uni workers. New Internationalist Bookshop 54 Victoria St Carlton. Please spread the word! facebook.com/events/31034617… @NTEUVictoria

Raewyn Connell on - The Good University in Melbourne, VIC, Australia...

Event in Melbourne, VIC, Australia by The New International Bookshop on Friday, May 24 2019 with 116 people interested.

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What's the school cleaner's name? How kids, not just cleaners, are paying the price of outsourcing theconversation.com/whats-th…
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TASA@AustSoc24 Apr 2019
A cfps for a #TASA2019 special panel with TG 'Work, Labour & Economy' by conveners @fabiancann & @claire_rhiannon. Submit by May 20. The TG extends a particular invitation for contributions from those working outside the academy. See, buff.ly/2GzLo5B @TASA_AppliedSoc
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Labour hire company forced to pay more than $50,000 to Vanuatuan workers abc.net.au/news/2019-04-24/a…
Labour hire company forced to pay more than $50,000 to Vanuatu workers

Labour hire company forced to pay more than $50,000 to Vanuatu workers

A labour hire company is forced to pay more than $50,000 to a group of labourers from Vanuatu who were underpaid while working on a tomato farm in northern Victoria.

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