Workers’ Resistance across Time and Space: Presenting the Hub Global Labour Conflicts

Rosa Kösters; Catherine Simpson; Jens Aurich

doi:10.52024/tseg.14505

Author(s)

Rosa Kösters International Institute of Social History
Catherine Simpson
Jens Aurich International Institute of Social History

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52024/tseg.14505

Keywords:

Labour conflicts, Strikes, Workers'resistance

Abstract

The Hub Global Labour Conflicts provides scholars, students, activists, and other interested audiences with historical and contemporary data on workers’ collective actions. The project is hosted by the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam and aims to be a central resource for freely accessible labour conflict data from all over the world. By discussing how the Hub has evolved since its launch in 2015, this article reviews its accomplishments so far, its current limitations and potential areas for expansion. From this, we outline the ambition to make the Hub more global and thus even more strongly embedded within ongoing debates in global labour history. Thereby, we hope to introduce new audiences to the available data or enthuse you to contribute to the project.

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Author Biographies

Rosa Kösters, International Institute of Social History

Rosa Kösters (1993) is coordinator of the Hub Global Labour Conflicts and works as a PhD researcher at the International Institute of Social History (IISH). Her project looks at the consequences and reactions of Dutch workers and trade unions to changing labour relations from 1970-2020. She participated in the IISH and FNV project Exploring the recent History of Labour Union Practices in 2017 and is co-author of Precaire Polder. She was co-editor for the TSEG Special Issue: The Dutch Neoliberal Turn (2021).
Catherine Simpson

Catherine Simpson (1998) is a History Research Masters Graduate from Utrecht University. She spent a six month internship at the International Institute of Social History (Amsterdam) working on the project HUB Global Labour Conflicts Project under the supervision of Rosa Kösters.
Jens Aurich, International Institute of Social History

Jens Aurich (1991) is a PhD researcher at the International Institute of Social History (IISH) and studies the interaction of workers’ resistance and technological and organizational change in capitalism.