This article, based on a 6-month cross-national ethnography conducted in France and Italy,
aims at contributing to comparative debates on the representation of platform workers. The …

In this article, we compare recent innovative union campaigns: the 'sans papiers' campaign
in F rance and the 'Justice for Cleaners' campaign in the U nited K ingdom, both based on a …

Precarious labour has been on the rise globally since the 1970s and 1980s. Changing
labour relations in the cleaning industry are an example of these developments. From the …

This article investigates the under‐researched topic of women's representation in radical
unions, drawing on an in‐depth case study of the French Solidaires, Unitaires et …

The historical experiences of workers organizing in Europe and the United States figure
among the many forms of workers' resistance resulting from the variety of labour relations in …

This paper draws upon the work of Richard Hyman to examine the question of union
renewal in France. Developing a discussion around union renewal is particularly significant …

As I write this article, in spring 2016, French workers are once again striking and taking to
the streets in their thousands to challenge the reform of labour laws. This suggests that the …

This thesis is the outcome of a six-year-long research, aiming at understanding how the
flexibility-era South European workers unionize and engage in collective action. Its empirical …

Arguably, it is to already vulnerable workforces that neoliberalism is doing the most damage
(Wills et al. 2010). 1 For example, in the Global North many low-paid public sector workers …