All Outputs (4)

Advancing Workers’ Rights in the Gig Economy through Discursive Power: The Communicative Strategies of Indie Unions (2022)
Journal Article
Però, D., & Downey, J. (2022). Advancing Workers’ Rights in the Gig Economy through Discursive Power: The Communicative Strategies of Indie Unions. Work, Employment and Society, https://doi.org/10.1177/09500170221103160

Finding limited representation in established unions, a growing number of precarious and migrant workers of the gig economy have been turning to self-organization. Yet little is known about how these workers can compensate for their lack of material... Read More about Advancing Workers’ Rights in the Gig Economy through Discursive Power: The Communicative Strategies of Indie Unions.

Indie Unions, Organizing and Labour Renewal: Learning from Precarious Migrant Workers (2019)
Journal Article
Però, D. (2019). Indie Unions, Organizing and Labour Renewal: Learning from Precarious Migrant Workers. Work, Employment and Society, 34(5), 900-918. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017019885075

This article examines the organizing practices of indie unions-the emerging grassroots unions co-led by precarious migrant workers. It draws on an embedded actor-centred approach involving extensive multi-sited ethnography. The article shows how work... Read More about Indie Unions, Organizing and Labour Renewal: Learning from Precarious Migrant Workers.

Migrating Industrial Relations: Migrant Workers’ Initiative Within and Outside Trade Unions (2018)
Journal Article
Alberti, G., & Però, D. (2018). Migrating Industrial Relations: Migrant Workers’ Initiative Within and Outside Trade Unions. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 56(4), 693-715. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjir.12308

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This article develops an embedded actor-centred framework for studying the mobilization and bargaining practices of migrant workers. This framework is applied to examine two instances of labour organizing by low-paid L... Read More about Migrating Industrial Relations: Migrant Workers’ Initiative Within and Outside Trade Unions.

Class politics and migrants: collective action among new migrant workers in Britain (2014)
Journal Article
Però, D. (2014). Class politics and migrants: collective action among new migrant workers in Britain. Sociology, 48(6), https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038514523519

This article addresses issues of class-based collective action. Through an ethnographic case study examining migrant workers’ political engagements, the article discusses the current relevance of class politics and the role that culture, identity and... Read More about Class politics and migrants: collective action among new migrant workers in Britain.