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COVID-19 lockdown and the needs of garment workers in Bangalore, India

COVID-19 lockdown and the needs of garment workers in Bangalore, India

Posted on 20 October 2020 by Jean Jenkins

In our latest post, Professor Jean Jenkins explains the work she has been undertaken together with colleagues as part of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)-funded Operationalising Labour Rights […]

Fashion – an Industry of Gross Exploitation

Fashion – an Industry of Gross Exploitation

Posted on 13 June 2019 by Jonathan Rees

On Tuesday 28th May, Dr Jean Jenkins presented her research on employment rights at one of the world’s best-known literature festivals. Her talk explored the history of a sector once described as […]

Trade unionism and the concrete universal

Trade unionism and the concrete universal

Posted on 31 January 2019 by Jonathan Preminger

Trade unions combine a concrete universalism with collective action and individual agency. In our latest blog, Dr Jonathan Preminger outlines how we might (re-) discover the radical potential of trade […]