🔶The new issue of Futures of Work is now live! Issue 31 explores how #Canada’s #Migration system creates vulnerabilities for workers and exposes #Migrants to risks of #ModernSlavery by tying their legal status to employer-specific permits. futuresofwork.co.uk

"Temporary #Migration, as the #UN Special Rapporteur reminds us, goes beyond being a work- and employment-related matter: it constitutes a #HumanRights issue for all that has yet to be properly addressed in #Canada." 🔶Read on Futures of Work: ow.ly/byYE50VCiHj

Workplace Geopolitics: Industrial Relations & International Relations A webinar hosted by CRIMT Université de Montréal in association with BUIRA. Featuring: Dalia Gesualdi-Fecteau Jeffrey Hilgert Valeria Pulignano, plus me & Huw Thomas on our Journal of Industrial Relations special issue. crimt.net/en/activites-a…

In recent decades, #Canada has promoted temporary migrant #Labour to address workforce shortages—but faced criticism last year from a #UNSpecialRapporteur for unfavourable findings. ow.ly/eXKq50VCjoR

#Canada’s closed #WorkPermits make #MigrantWorkers vulnerable. #Quebec employers rely on them, but real reform is needed beyond permit changes. 📙Read on Futures of Work: ow.ly/Zg1k50VCjCl

#Canada's immigration system, particularly for high-wage #ForeignWorkers, plays a crucial role in addressing labour shortages, driving innovation, and contributing to economic growth while fostering #Diversity and ensuring #WorkerProtections. ow.ly/K4n750VClFM

In #Canada, there is a significant public backlash against companies that hire temporary foreign workers #TFWs, partly because the mistreatment of TFWs across the country is well documented, and partly because of persistent #AntiImmigrant sentiment. ow.ly/K1Mn50VCj8I

#Canada’s shift toward #TemporaryMigration prioritises economic needs over rights, prompting #Unions to push for fairer, more #InclusivePolicies. 📙Read on Futures of Work: ow.ly/bXjt50VCjYZ

Video of last week's "Workplace Geopolitics" webinar with CRIMT Université de Montréal and BUIRA. Hear Dalia Gesualdi-Fecteau Jeffrey Hilgert Valeria Pulignano, Huw Thomas & me on our upcoming Journal of Industrial Relations special issue on industrial relations & international relations: youtube.com/watch?v=0BqfBb…

The call for papers for the "Workplace Geopolitics: Industrial Relations & International Relations" special issue can be found here. Deadline for extended abstracts is fast approacing! journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PDF/…

🔶Have you read April's issue of Futures of Work? Issue 31 explores how #Canada’s #Migration system creates vulnerabilities for workers and exposes #Migrants to risks of #ModernSlavery by tying their legal status to employer-specific permits. futuresofwork.co.uk

#Canada is a country built from #Immigration and by #Immigrants. In less than 500 years, Canada has placed itself as one of the best countries to live in and remains a leader in terms of immigration destinations. ow.ly/GXC150VClx5

My colleague Huw Thomas talks about our current Journal of Industrial Relations call for papers on “Workplace Geopolitics: Industrial Relations & International Relations”: youtu.be/YQF89iRzeI4 BUIRA Futures of Work ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit)

In recent years, institutional measures at both the federal and provincial government levels have been geared towards a clear direction in favour of temporary #Migration in #Canada. ow.ly/r5Y450VCjSu

Putting Industrial Policy in its Place: Securonomics and Reindustrialisation Between Defence, Digital and Decarbonisation New paper for Progressive Britain & FEPS with Ed Atkins, Theo Cox (Demos Helsinki), Gerard Oosterwijk & Tom Collinge. Read here: progressivebritain.org/putting-indust…

A just and sustainable #Labour (im)migration policy must eliminate employer-tied permits and replace them with rights-based, government-led systems that ensure freedom, permanent status access, and protection for all #MigrantWorkers. ow.ly/j32Q50VCj1l

#Canada is a country built from #Immigration and by #Immigrants. In less than 500 years, Canada has placed itself as one of the best countries to live in and remains a leader in terms of immigration destinations. ow.ly/X69e50VClA5

📊Try our New Fair Work Data Tool 💻📈It gives policy makers, employers, researchers, journalists and the general public exclusive access to Scotland’s #FairWork Measurement Framework data 👉fairworkconvention.scot/fair-work-conv…

Looking forward to welcoming BUIRA’s annual conference to University of Exeter, Cornwall’s Penryn Campus today. The theme is ‘Putting Industrial Relations in their Place: The Geographies of Good Work’, with keynote speakers including Kenan Malik. More info here: buira.net/conferences/bu…

Outgoing BUIRA president, Pete Turnbull, closes our 2025 conference ‘Putting Industrial Relations in its Place: The Geographies of Good Work’. The conference at UoE Humanities & Social Sciences Cornwall University of Exeter, Cornwall caps off our 3-year term as the University of Bristol Business School led BUIRA stewardship team 👋