
Asia’s Striking Decade
Welcome back to Season 2 of our podcast series, Continent of Resistance. Over the next 6 episodes, we will focus
Welcome back to Season 2 of our podcast series, Continent of Resistance. Over the next 6 episodes, we will focus
Critiquing acts of protest or resistance is commonplace in the world of social movements. However, in the context of social
On January 8th, 2024, a distressing incident unfolded at Blinkit’s Panchsheel Vihar outlet, as workers were abruptly notified of significant
In much of Asia, gig work is highly individualised, and algorithmic management fragments the labour process, diminishing workers’ structural power.
Weeks of mass protests led to the downfall of the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh on August 5, 2024. The
Welcome back to Season 2 of our podcast series, Continent of Resistance. Over the next 6 episodes, we will focus
Critiquing acts of protest or resistance is commonplace in the world of social movements. However, in the context of social
On January 8th, 2024, a distressing incident unfolded at Blinkit’s Panchsheel Vihar outlet, as workers were abruptly notified of significant
In much of Asia, gig work is highly individualised, and algorithmic management fragments the labour process, diminishing workers’ structural power.
Weeks of mass protests led to the downfall of the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh on August 5, 2024. The
Low-wage migrant workers in Singapore have long suffered from a litany of abuses – low, stagnant, and unpaid wages; unreported
Editor’s Note: Asia’s labour movements have a gender problem. Women organisers and leaders are often doubly burdened with domestic and reproductive
Elaine: You mentioned that this fear was so intense among the Indonesians that it must have taken a lot of
Editor’s Note: What makes a committed labor organizer? Eni Lestari was among the tens of thousands of migrants from Indonesia
Editor’s Note: Behind the image of Singapore as a wealthy city-state with an affluent population is the reality of a
Introduction Taiwan first opened the borders for Southeast Asian migrant workers in 1989 and institutionalized their recruitment three years later.
Editor’s Note: To get themselves out of economic stagnation and crisis, governments across Asia have been trying to push through
Book Review: Informal Women Workers in the Global South: Policies and Practices for the Formalization of Women’s Employment in Developing
In Indonesia, predatory alliances of politicians and businesses were established during the 32-year New Order era under Soeharto and survived
What are the analytical tools with which we can best understand the changing organisation of work in globalised production? This review essay revisits and contextualises critical concepts such as labour regime and value chains as discussed in two recent outstanding publications.
As China urbanizes, its system of household registration, hukou, continues to exacerbate social, economic and educational inequalities for rural migrant workers and their children.
Grab Philippines, Respect Our Rights! Recognise Our Union and Negotiate With Us! rang in Angeles City during the public launch
In Malaysia, where the number of vehicles outnumbers the human population and has one of the highest car ownership rates in the world, traffic congestion and mobility are plaguing issues.
Researchers have increasingly recognized the potential of self-organizing activities among gig workers such as couriers and food delivery riders. Nevertheless,
At midnight on 14 March 2022, Grab Myanmar announced that it was reducing food delivery drivers’ pay from 800 MMKs
In a country in which traditional motorbike services, colloquially known as xe om, are a popular mode of transport, Grab
Some analysts of the platform-based gig economy have argued that the potential of gig workers to resist their exploitation is low. I want to show the opposite: it is not only possible to organise drivers to resist precarity - it is already happening.