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Adroddiad WISERD ar Gweithio Gartref yn y DU: Cyn ac Yn ystod Cyfnod Clo 2020, fe nodwyd mewn ymgynghoriad gan y llywodraeth ar wneud gweithio hyblyg yn ddiofyn. Mae’r ymgynghoriad agored yn ceisio barn unigolion a busnesau am gynigion i ddiwygio rheoliadau gweithio hyblyg (Rheoliadau Gweithio Hyblyg 2014). Mae’r adroddiad, gan Alan Felstead o Brifysgol…

In this third and final part of my blog series exploring the recent election of new Unite leader, Sharon Graham, I’ll be focusing on leverage campaigns and how they work. As a highly contentious topic, they form a key part of Graham’s strategy for organising Unite into a union of “strike ready workplaces”, but are…

In the second part of this three-post blog series exploring the recent election of new Unite leader, Sharon Graham, I’ll explain a bit more about her priorities and approach. I’ll focus more on one particular aspect of her strategy in the final part of the series: Leverage campaigns and how they work. I interviewed her…

With both the TUC and Labour holding annual conferences one after the other, much attention was on the unions’ newest leader, Sharon Graham. Her election as general secretary of the UK and Ireland’s most important union, Unite, came as a shock to most of the commentariat. In this, the first part of a three-post blog…

The 1984-85 miners’ strike has once again hit the headlines, despite ending 36 years ago. This time what has grabbed the media’s attention is a claim by Prime Minister Boris Johnson that Margaret Thatcher’s closure of the pits after the strike was part of a green, eco-strategy of the Conservative government. On a visit to…

Mae’n bleser gennym gyhoeddi enillydd ein Cystadleuaeth Poster PhD WISERD 2021 flynyddol. Muhao Du o Brifysgol Caerdydd sydd wedi ennill y wobr am ei boster – ‘Finding Harmony in Hardship: experiences of expatriates in subsidiaries of Chinese MNCs in the high technology sector’. Mae Emma Reardon o Brifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant wedi ennill…

Cyflwynodd Dr Wil Chivers ei ymchwil i ansawdd swyddi mewn sectorau tâl isel i Ganolfan Gydweithredol Cymru mewn seminar. Roedd ei gyflwyniad, a roddwyd ar y cyd â Dr Sarah Jenkins o Ysgol Busnes Caerdydd, yn gofyn: “A all cwmnïau cydweithredol/busnesau sy’n eiddo i’r gweithwyr wella ‘swyddi gwael’?” Mae ansawdd swyddi wedi cael mwyfwy o…

Within England and Wales, March 21st, 2021 is census day. Taking place every 10 years, the census provides the most accurate estimate of the population and a detailed account about people and the households in which they live. The data is vital to understanding our society and in providing information that is necessary to support the…

Mae Dr Sioned Pearce yn tynnu sylw at effaith COVID-19 ar ddiweithdra ymhlith pobl ifanc. Mewn cyfweliad â BBC Cymru, dywedodd fod y pandemig wedi “gwaethygu materion ansicrwydd” i bobl ifanc sydd â chontractau sero awr, gwaith rhan-amser a swyddi â chyflog isel.  

UK unemployment has risen to its highest in two years this month, from 3.9% in March to 4.1% in September. Young people aged 16-24 have been hit hardest and, to date, one-third of 18-24 year olds (excluding students) are unemployed or furloughed as a result of COVID-19, compared to one in six of 25-40 year…