Class, labour conflict, and workers’ organisation

The Economic and Labour Relations Review

Global

This article is part of an internationally coordinated themed collection on ‘labour conflict, forms of
organisation, and class’ exploring important questions. How can we explain the interplay of capital,
the state, and the international order, in defining the persistence of labour conflict in changing
historical and political-economic contexts? How have the economic, social, and technological
transformations precipitated by the recent pandemic shaped the expression of work-related
conflict? As part of a response to these main questions, the author and contributors of this collection
conceptualise labour conflict and collective action in broader class analysis and examine the
combined effect of state policies, migration, and digital innovation on contemporary labour politics.
This article, drawing on insights from Marxist-oriented interdisciplinary approaches and feminist
theories, seeks to suggest approaches to future studies on class, labour conflict, and workers’
organisation.

CHAN Jenny