Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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From Migrant to Worker: Global Unions and Temporary Labor Migration in Asia. Introduction
Published 2019-01-01What happens when local unions begin to advocate for the rights of temporary migrant workers, asks Michele Ford in her sweeping study of seven Asian countries? Until recently unions in Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, ...Open AccessBook chapter -
The Go-Jek Effect
Published 2017-01-01Worldwide, debate is raging over the growth of app-based transport services as companies like Uber transform the way transport is provided and how consumers access it (Isaac 2014; Aloisi 2015). Often referred to as ...Open AccessBook chapter -
From Migrant to Worker: Global Unions and Temporary Labor Migration in Asia
Published 2019-04-15What happens when local unions begin to advocate for the rights of temporary migrant workers, asks Michele Ford in her sweeping study of seven Asian countries? Until recently unions in Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, ...Open AccessBook -
The Limits of Mutual Aid: Emerging Forms of Collectivity among App-Based Transport Workers in Indonesia
Published 2019-04-01App-based transport has grown rapidly in Indonesia, and now provides work for over a million private commercial drivers. A large proportion of online drivers have joined self-organised community organisations that operate ...Open AccessArticle -
Investing in Care Key to Boosting Economic Growth
Published 2019-01-01The need to increase women’s labour market participation and economic security is on the ‘to do’ list of most governments and major global institutions. Global consulting firm McKinsey calculates that global GDP would ...Open AccessArticle