Decent Work and the city

体面劳动与城市

• 批准号: MR/T019433/1
• 负责人: Mathew Johnson
• 金额: $ 103.51万
• 依托单位: University of Manchester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=MR%2FT019433%2F1
• 关键词: Decent; Work; city

Promoting decent work standards is increasingly considered an essential element in policy agendas to achieve more sustainable and inclusive growth. However, the implementation of decent work standards in a fragmented global economic system has proven to be challenging, and there is evidence of widening inequalities and poverty within and across countries linked to disparities in employment standards and conditions. In short international and national policies do not seem to be delivering on decent work and this in turn has reanimated local policy debates, mainly evident in cities and urban areas, about how to tackle issues of precariousness and inequality. Although they are potentially significant in their own right, there is a clear need to scale up, connect and learn from these localised developments.Through comparative mixed methods research I will explore the different approaches taken to enhancing working conditions in cities and the ways in which a range of actors interact across different geographical spaces to promote fundamental notions of justice, decency and dignity at work. By focusing on six diverse cities around the world - Manchester (UK); Bremen (Germany); Buenos Aries (Argentina); Montreal (CA); New York (USA); and Seoul (South Korea); this project will explore how the type and quality of jobs on offer in different local contexts have direct and indirect effects on wider issues of inequality and social justice, and how different actors respond to issues of labour market exclusion, poverty and insecurity. All of these cities have engaged in decent work initiatives, including local political commitments to tackling low wages and precarious work, and have seen trade union and worker mobilisation around specific issues such as labour rights and workplace democracy. At a time of continued volatility and uncertainty in the global economy, the current project seeks to both recognise and highlight good practice in respect of improving the quality of work, while also exploring the conditions under which a decent work agenda can be developed and sustained. In this sense, 'Cities' provide a theoretical lens through which to view long-run changes in the global economy and the labour market and to examine closely the 'winners and losers' of greater financial integration and increased capital and labour mobility. By combining high quality academic research outputs with ongoing impact and knowledge exchange activities, the project seeks to provide both theoretical and practical answers to pressing global concerns around low pay, inequality and insecurity. The UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship represents an excellent opportunity for me to build on my existing research activities and contacts to and to establish a distinct and innovative international research agenda encompassing the global north and south, that has a direct impact on policy and practice.

促进体面的工作标准越来越被认为是政策议程中实现更可持续和包容性增长的重要因素。但是，事实证明，在零散的全球经济体系中实施体面的工作标准是具有挑战性的，并且有证据表明在与就业标准和条件上差异相关的国家内部和跨国公司内部和贫困的证据。简而言之，国际和国家政策似乎并未在体面的工作中提供，这反过来又重新宣布了当地政策辩论，主要在城市和城市地区显而易见，如何解决pre可危和不平等问题。尽管它们本身具有潜在的意义，但显然需要扩大，连接和从这些本地化发展中学习。通过比较混合方法研究，我将探讨为增强城市的工作条件的不同方法，以及各种参与者在不同地理空间中相互作用的方式以促进正义，正义，正义和尊贵工作的基本概念。通过关注世界各地的六个不同城市 - 曼彻斯特（英国）；不来梅（德国）；布宜诺斯白羊座（阿根廷）；蒙特利尔（CA）；纽约（美国）；和首尔（韩国）；该项目将探讨在不同地方环境中提供的工作类型和质量如何对更广泛的不平等和社会正义问题产生直接和间接影响，以及不同的参与者如何应对劳动力市场排除，贫困和不安全感的问题。所有这些城市都参与了体面的工作计划，包括当地政治承诺应对低工资和不稳定的工作，并看到工会和工人动员围绕特定问题，例如劳工权利和工作场所民主。在全球经济的持续波动和不确定性的时候，目前的项目试图在提高工作质量方面认识并突出良好的实践，同时还探索了可以开发和维持不错的工作议程的条件。从这个意义上讲，“城市”提供了一种理论镜头，通过该视角可以查看全球经济和劳动力市场的长期变化，并仔细研究“更大的财务整合”以及增加资本和劳动力流动性的“赢家和失败者”。通过将高质量的学术研究成果与持续的影响和知识交流活动相结合，该项目试图提供理论和实用的答案，以解决对低薪，不平等和不安全感的全球关注。乌克里未来的领导人奖学金为我提供了一个绝佳的机会，可以在现有的研究活动和与全球北方和南方的独特而创新的国际研究议程中建立联系，并建立一个对政策和实践的直接影响。

项目成果

Co-produced or co-opted? Reflections on the "movement" to promote good employment in Greater Manchester

联合制作还是增选？

• DOI: 10.1108/er-01-2022-0042
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: The International Journal
• 作者: Johnson M

Out with the old, in with the new? Institutional experimentation and decent work in the UK

淘汰旧的，引进新的？

• DOI: 10.1177/0143831x231220528
• 发表时间: 2024
• 期刊: Economic and Industrial Democracy
• 影响因子: 1.5
• 作者: Johnson M