This is about Tommy Nichol, a prisoner who took his life after saying he couldn't cope with the 'psychological torture' of a 99-year-sentence. It's the first in a series, and it feels weird writing it without teaming up with the much missed Eric Allison
theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

This morning I voted in the local elections.

Take your ID 🪪 and make sure you vote 🗳️.

🧵1/🧵 Nicola Countouris and I have a NEW PAPER OUT on this Labour Day! We aim to explore the depths of work subordination and managerial prerogatives in modern democracies papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

If you want to know more about it, you can now read the introduction.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

UCL Laws is seeking to appoint to one post in private law, as Professor, Associate Professor or Lecturer. Applications from colleagues who can also teach in other subject areas or who have expertise in German Law are encouraged

Deadline: 12 May

Details: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

We stand for worker rights. Stand with us as we now enter the 1️⃣2️⃣th year fighting for migrant domestic workers to have their rights back…

This April, we mark 12 years since the Overseas Domestic Worker visa was enacted. Kalayaan🧡 hosted a coffee morning to mark this. More details are available here:

kalayaan.org.uk/campaign-posts…

Wonderful to see this new book on Low Paid EU Migrant Workers by Catherine Barnard Fiona Costello and & Sarah Fraser Butlin as part of the series on Law and Social Justice.

For more info on our series (coedited with Alan Bogg), see here:

bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/bristol-studie…

The UCL Institute for Human Rights is hosting an event where experts from across UCL will discuss the KlimaSeniorinnen judgment, and what it means for the future of climate change litigation and European environmental policy

📅 Wednesday 1 May
⏰ 6pm
🎟️ Online or in person

1st May, ECHR climate seniors case - looking forward to it!

Can personal work relations in capitalist firms be reconciled with freedom as non-domination? In this new paper, Cindy Estlund and I have a go at an answer. It’s based on the idea of “legitimate economic authority”: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: UNISON win in UK Supreme Court to stop bad bosses from punishing striking workers

'The most important industrial action case for decades,' UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea

The government must now act quickly to change the law and ensure no other…

This year's annual NOMOS conference is on 'Structural Injustice' at the University of Chicago in September. I'm acting as commentator to Sally Haslanger and much looking forward to it.

political-theory.org

After the 2022 success, very pleased to announce another The SLS collaborative PhD and ECR workshop on 20 June 2024 in Durham, led this time by Public Law convenors Jessie Blackbourn
and Elizabeth O'Loughlin alongside Labour, Migration and Human Rights mcusercontent.com/47624183ad52dd…

A new concept of worker, getting protection regardless of whether they are employed or self-employed is long overdue. EU law is increasingly moving in this direction, but much needs to be done. A new blog with Nicola Countouris and Lord Hendy KC socialeurope.eu/social-europe-…

I submitted evidence to the UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery on the labour exploitation of incarcerated people.

Working prisoners in the UK and elsewhere are excluded from labour rights that other workers have. Very much looking forward to the final Report