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melaniesimms.bsky.social
Prof of all things around unions and worker voice. Promoter of social sciences. Fascinated by pretty much everything. She/her
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I can’t sing. But I’d love this to happen!

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Can I claim the train wifi is broken so I can sit back and watch MAFSAUS downloads on my way back to Glasgow?

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

We're hiring an Associate Director in our Tax sector who will lead a programme of research on UK tax policy and join our management team. 📅 Find out more and apply by 11:59pm, Fri 13 June 2025: app.beapplied.com/apply/xnqss4...

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It’s May Day. Worker’s Day. A time for rest and celebration. And recognition that we often need to keep fighting the same fights.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

📢 Special #call for funded research visits for PhD researchers (September-December 2025). Under #EUIWidening Europe Programme, this call gives the chance to work with faculty members, enriching their research and contributing to the Institute's activities. 📆 #Apply by 31 March 👉 buff.ly/iyabnUF

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

Workplace Geopolitics: Industrial Relations & International Relations A webinar hosted by @crimt.bsky.social with @buiraonline.bsky.social Feat: @daliagf.bsky.social, @valepuligna.bsky.social, plus me & @huwthomas.bsky.social on our @jirjournal.bsky.social special issue crimt.net/en/activites...

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And we recreated it 150 years later. www.gla.ac.uk/news/archive...

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Proposed employment rights Bill in NI. While I’m no expert on NI, I do think British employment relations specialists need to pay more attention - especially with Brexit arrangements as they are.

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Do you want to lead MRN in its mission to make a just society for migrants a reality? We are looking for a Chair of the Board to help spearhead our org during this transformational time in our journey. If this sounds like it could be you, apply by 9am tomorrow via this link: buff.ly/Y6orkJg

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Modern life is rubbish. I need to close an old credit card that has a £5 credit. Can't talk to a person. Chat function warns not to give sensitive details. But is demanding my bank account details. I have no idea whether it's a real person, so I won't. Can't close the account. Modern capitalism!

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

New paperback, out 1 May www.penguin.co.uk/authors/2896...

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Usual gloom/alarmism about this - but the UK's debt to GDP ratio is actually *lower* than it was three years ago (in contrast to say US). UK faces real fiscal constraints/issues - but resulting from global markets/Trump, not profligate fiscal policy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 10 days ago • 7 comments

Love is…texting your partner to get their opinion in MAFS AUS even though they don’t watch it! All he has is screenshots and my narrative. He’s doing superbly. He’s a keeper!

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Holiday week. 6pm G&T, fab Airbnb, MAFS Australia. What more can a girl ask for?

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

📣 PhD opportunity 📣 Excellent *fully funded PhD* on the relationship of art, policy & public engagement at the @uofglasgow.bsky.social 🎓 Supervised by our very own Prof Sotiria Grek & @profellenstu.bsky.social 💪 🗓️ Details & apply by *16 May 2025*:

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I smoked in my office when I first started work. Not often as it was starting to become quite antisocial in a shared office. But occasionally. Especially when the “non-smokers” decided they wanted a fag.

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I note the reports from friends (to whom I am grateful for attending) the size of the trans solidarities protests today. #Solidarity

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Feels like a good weekend to make a donation to a food bank, or similar.

submitted 14 days ago • 5 comments

I’m getting similar updates - and so sorry I can’t be there. Love to all. X

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This new study of transport poverty gives further support to the reverse causality hypothesis, which says that your travel situation comes first and your attitudes to travel are shaped by this. Implies: don't try to change everyone's mind first, change the game www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 16 days ago • 9 comments

You don’t have to work in a factory to be a “real worker” or to economically prosper. But you probably do need a union. www.laborpolitics.com/p/unions-not...

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

So am I correct in summing up the past couple of weeks as: the right has discovered that good jobs are union jobs?

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

What piece can I use to introduce undergraduate students to international HRM and employment relations? The ideal is for it to be interesting and thought provoking.

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

3 more working days before holiday. I sprayed deodorant instead of hairspray. At least it wasn’t the other way around, I guess. Are we nearly there yet?

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

A long-running study of working lives in the UK reveals surprising shifts in skills, satisfaction and inequality.

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

Since we’re all talking about it I want to blow up a real female space pioneer, Mae Jemison, an actual astronaut. She’s a graduate of Stanford and Cornel Medical School, served in the peace corps, started an educational nonprofit, and worked for the CDC researching vaccines. That’s a woman in space

submitted 19 days ago • 72 comments

If you are an author affected, you may well want to join SOA. Like all unions, they are fighting for your rights. (If you’re an academic and a member of UCU, it’s fine to join more than one union in the UK).

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

I was on Radio 5 this morning discussing the government moving towards nationalising Scunthorpe steelworks, why steel is crucial to Britain’s future and why public ownership should be on the table. The report starts at 1.14 on this link.

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Each year, TUC Midlands holds the Mary Macarthur Lecture It’s an opportunity for leading women to set out how we tackle the challenges facing women today This year’s speaker is the fabulous Polly Smythe Reserve your place here 👇 forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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