Marxism, Marxist theory, markets, neoliberalism

Umney, Charles (2013) The totalising market in Marxist thought. [Working Paper] (Unpublished)

Precarious work, Cultural policy, City of Culture, Project-based work, Creative industries

Umney, Charles and Symon, Graham (2019) Creative placemaking and the cultural projectariat: artistic work in the wake of Hull City of Culture 2017. Capital and Class, 44 (4). pp. 595-615. ISSN 0309-8168 (Print), 2041-0980 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/0309816819884699)

activists, China, industrial relations, trade unions

Umney, Charles (2011) The international labour movement and China. Industrial Relations Journal, 42 (4). pp. 322-338. ISSN 0019-8692 (Print), 1468-2338 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2338.2011.00630.x)

artistic work, autonomy, creative labour, jazz, musicians, networks, young workers

Umney, Charles and Kretsos, Lefteris (2013) Creative labour and collective interaction: the working lives of young jazz musicians in London. Work, Employment & Society, 28 (4). pp. 571-588. ISSN 0950-0170 (Print), 1469-8722 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017013491452)

bureaucracy, docks, international trade unionism, mobilization, seafaring

Umney, Charles (2012) Managerial and mobilizing internationalism in the British docks and seafaring sector. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 18 (1). pp. 71-87. ISSN 0959-6801 (Print), 1461-7129 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680111430658)

creative work, jazz musicians, precarity, career paths

Umney, Charles and Kretsos, Lefteris (2015) “That’s the experience”: Passion, work precarity, and life transitions among London jazz musicians. Work and Occupations, 42 (3). pp. 313-334. ISSN 0730-8884 (Print), 1552-8464 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/0730888415573634)

financialisation, policy systems, wage restraint, active labour market policies, workfare, Marxism

Umney, Charles, Greer, Ian, Onaran, Özlem ORCID: 0000-0002-6345-9922 and Symon, Graham (2017) The state and class discipline: European labour market policy after the financial crisis. Capital and Class, 42 (2). pp. 333-351. ISSN 0309-8168 (Print), 2041-0980 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/0309816817738318)

industrial relations, European Union, central public administration, austerity, collective bargaining, social partners, unions, pay, working time, pensions

Lethbridge, Jane ORCID: 0000-0002-0094-9967 , Greer, Ian, Kretsos, Lefteris, Umney, Charles and White, Geoff (2014) Industrial relations in central public administration: Recent trends and features. Technical Report. European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Dublin, Ireland.

musicians, jazz, labour markets, freelancers, United Kingdom, France

Umney, Charles (2014) Jazz musicians and the structuring of the labour market in Paris and London. [Working Paper]

organizations, social activism, John S. Ahlquist, Margaret Levi

Umney, Charles (2014) [Book Review] In the Interest of Others: Organizations and Social Activism, by John S. Ahlquist and Margaret Levi. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2013, 300 pp., ISBN: 978 069 115 8570, $19.95, paperback. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 52 (4). pp. 814-816. ISSN 0007-1080 (Print), 1467-8543 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/bjir.12106)

trade unions, cosmopolitanism, Marxism

Umney, Charles (2013) Cosmopolitanism and international trade unionism: managerial and mobilising forms. [Working Paper]

wage share; wage-led growth; minimum wage; living wage; public investment; pre-distribution; redistribution; collective bargaining;

Umney, Charles, Greer, Ian, Onaran, Özlem ORCID: 0000-0002-6345-9922 and Symon, Graham (2015) The state and class discipline: European labour market policy after the financial crisis. [Working Paper]