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Virginia Doellgast

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Professor ILR School - Global Labor and Work. Unions & AI in telecoms, game development, ICT industry. Co-Editor ILR Review.

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Virginia Doellgast @vdoellgast.bsky.social · Nov 25

I set up a ‘labor research and policy’ starter pack. It’s almost at the 150 person capacity… but let me know if I should add you to a ‘part 2’ list… go.bsky.app/55FK3m7

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Virginia Doellgast @vdoellgast.bsky.social · Aug 1

New report/working paper for the ILO - Global Case Studies of Social Dialogue on AI and Algorithmic Management. With Shruti Appalla, Dina Ginzburg, Jeonghun Kim, and Wen Li Thianhttps://www.ilo.org/publications/global-case-studies-social-dialogue-ai-and-algorithmic-management

Global case studies of social dialogue on AI and algorithmic management

This working paper explores how social dialogue is shaping the use of AI and algorithmic tools in workplaces across five continents. Through case studies, it highlights how worker representatives are ...

www.ilo.org

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Virginia Doellgast @vdoellgast.bsky.social · Jul 2

Today at 10am EDT! @sasemeeting.bsky.social
Michèle Lamont and Wolfgang Streeck - Democracy after globalism: States, social movements, and recognition claims. 10:00-11:30 EDT/ 16-17:30 CET - Wed, 2 July virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...

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Virginia Doellgast @vdoellgast.bsky.social · Jun 9

Polanyi after Globalism - with Marguerite Mendell, @dorobohle.bsky.social, Zachariah Mampilly, and Andreas Novy. Don't miss this featured panel at @sasemeeting.bsky.social

15:00-16:30 Friday, 11 July 2025 - Room 517C
Link to program: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...

Virginia Doellgast @vdoellgast.bsky.social · Jun 3

@sasemeeting.bsky.social featured (virtual) panel with Michèle Lamont and Wolfgang Streeck - moderated by @aidanregan.bsky.social. Democracy after globalism: States, social movements, and recognition claims. 10:00-11:30 EDT/ 16-17:30 CET - Wed, 2 July virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...

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Cornell ILR School @cornellilr.bsky.social · Jun 4

"Workers are usually not seeking to stop the march of technology," noted @vdoellgast.bsky.social, who is the Anne Evans Estabrook Professor of Employment Relations and Dispute Resolution at #CornellILR.

"They just want to have some control."

Read more: www.france24.com/en/live-news...

US labor unions fight to contain AI disruption

As artificial intelligence threatens to upend entire sectors of the economy, American labor unions are scrambling to protect workers, demand corporate transparency, and rally political support—an uphi...

www.france24.com

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Virginia Doellgast @vdoellgast.bsky.social · Jun 3

sure - I added you to 'part 2': go.bsky.app/6t5fHp4

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Virginia Doellgast @vdoellgast.bsky.social · Apr 20

Great beach read: part memoire, part call to arms by Orry Mittenmayer - former app-based delivery worker and works council + union organizer in Cologne.

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Virginia Doellgast @vdoellgast.bsky.social · Mar 31

Cornell ILR is recruiting a Postdoc in Global Labor and Work - focusing on AI and labor. Deadline May 15, 2025. Please circulate widely! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/program/...

Cornell University, Global Labor and Work

Job #AJO29869, WDR-00051984 Postdoctoral Associate – Global Labor and Work, ILR Future of Work Program, Global Labor and Work, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US

academicjobsonline.org

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · Feb 28

Last was @etui.bsky.social's conference. I recommend session 1 w/Andrea Bassanini, @valepuligna.bsky.social, Uma Rani, & last session w/Dalia Gesualdi-Fecteau, @vdoellgast.bsky.social, @siborelli.bsky.social
Day 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iASg...
Day 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PskB... (11/11)

Future of work: reclaiming the value of work in the digital economy (day 1)

YouTube video by ETUI

www.youtube.com

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Roland Erne @rolanderne.bsky.social · Feb 26

If the EU Court cancels the minimum wage directive, the popular legitimacy of the EU will be in tatters.

Workers will not understand why the many business-friendly EU governance prescriptions on wage cuts are legal while a labour-friendly directive on adequate minimum wages is not.

Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · Feb 24

The EU Minimum Wage Directive: To Be or Not to Be? Spoiler: @rolanderne.bsky.social demolishes the Advocate General's case seeking to annul the Directive and backs the @etuc-ces.bsky.social case that the AG's opinion is an 'outlier' www.socialeurope.eu/the-eu-minim...

The EU Minimum Wage Directive: To Be or Not to Be?

Court challenge to EU minimum wage directive exposes tensions between legal interpretation, political compromise and social policy.

www.socialeurope.eu

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Washington Center for Equitable Growth @equitablegrowth.bsky.social · Feb 20

AI is transforming work, but workers shouldn’t be left behind. Stronger protections, human oversight, and collective bargaining can ensure AI benefits everyone—not just employers. Lessons from Germany show how worker voice shapes better workplaces. #FutureOfWork

equitablegrowth.org/boosting-u-s...

Boosting U.S. worker power and voice in the AI-enabled workplace

Policies strengthening worker rights are crucial to boosting a high-road approach to an AI-enabled workplace that complements rather than replaces worker skills.

equitablegrowth.org

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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · Jan 25

Engage with this fascinating new work on unpaid labor
@valepuligna.bsky.social @ercresearch.bsky.social
@oxfordunipress.bsky.social that was featured in our book review forum. A book presentation at follows on 29th January.
blog.oup.com/2025/01/beyo...

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Virginia Doellgast @vdoellgast.bsky.social · Jan 23

okay, done!

Virginia Doellgast @vdoellgast.bsky.social · Jan 23

Join our Jan 29 webinar on 'Labor Union Responses to AI' - @cornellilr.bsky.social with speakers from the @cwaunion.bsky.social Research Dept, Meow Wolf Workers Collective, and New York Times Tech Guild. www.ilr.cornell.edu/carow/events...

AI and the Future for Workers: Labor Union Responses to Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is being adopted across sectors, with profound implications for workers. Join us for a conversation with researchers and organizers from the Cornell School of Industrial Labor ...

www.ilr.cornell.edu

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Virginia Doellgast @vdoellgast.bsky.social · Jan 17

Here is part 2: go.bsky.app/6t5fHp4

Virginia Doellgast @vdoellgast.bsky.social · Jan 17

As there are more folks on Bluesky now, I’m reposting my starter pack on labor research and policy. Part 2 will be in the comments. go.bsky.app/55FK3m7

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Virginia Doellgast @vdoellgast.bsky.social · Jan 17

Okay, you’re in part 2

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Virginia Doellgast @vdoellgast.bsky.social · Jan 17

Okay, you’re added to part 2.

Virginia Doellgast @vdoellgast.bsky.social · Jan 17

You were already in there… in part 2

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Virginia Doellgast @vdoellgast.bsky.social · Jan 16

Sure! I’ve just added you to part 2.

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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · Jan 16

Is there a gendered response to technological development? Using the case of fracking, Elizabeth U. Cascio & Ayushi Narayan show that it has significantly increased relative demand for less-educated male labor and increased high school dropout rates of male teens.
doi.org/10.1177/0019...

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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · Jan 15

How can we reverse the plateauing of female labor force participation & slowing down of their occupational and wage convergence with men? Francine Blau @cornellilr.bsky.social suggests that policy initiatives to address work–family issues & labor market discrimination helps.
doi.org/10.1177/0019...

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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · Jan 14

Read Stephen J Frenkel's review of Wolfgang Streeck's new book @versobooks.bsky.social that provokes us into thinking how nation #states can take back control from centralized #institutions and reverse the nefarious impacts of #neoliberal thinking.
doi.org/10.1177/0019...

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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · Jan 10

How can the state facilitate workforce development?
Jenna Myers and Katherine Kellogg @mitsloan.bsky.social show that state actors can structure provisional goal setting and revision, encourage experimentation, and frame coordination to inspire collective action.
doi.org/10.1177/0019...

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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · Jan 9

What are the causes of #work #intensification? Francis Green
and coauthors show that #technology, organizational change, upskilling requirements and self-employment can all account for increasing work intensification.
doi.org/10.1177/0019...

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ILR Review @ilrreview.bsky.social · Jan 8

How do labor unions impact workplace safety? Ling Li and coauthors show that unionization decreased the case distribution of accidents below 2 cases per 100 full-time equivalent workers annually in larger bargaining units and manufacturing establishments.
doi.org/10.1177/0019...

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Virginia Doellgast @vdoellgast.bsky.social · Jan 1

Indeed-looks like a great book.

Virginia Doellgast @vdoellgast.bsky.social · Jan 1

Thanks! Both look great…

Virginia Doellgast @vdoellgast.bsky.social · Jan 1

Happy New Year! Taking stock of books read… by way of asking for recommendations for 2025 reading. Fiction, biography, history, social science all welcome.

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Virginia Doellgast @vdoellgast.bsky.social · Dec 16

Today is the deadline - submit your papers & panels to the SASE 2025 conference in Montreal. @sasemeeting.bsky.social

SASE | The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics @sasemeeting.bsky.social · Dec 15

Tomorrow! Don't forget SASE's 2025 Montreal Conference deadlines are earlier than previous years 📅

For more information: sase.org/event/2025-m...

#SASE #SASE2025 #SASEMontreal2025

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