Matt Reynolds

Domestic work, housing and misc rambles. Research @LSEsociology. All views 'my own' #habitus

[Matt Reynolds @mrmfr]

Excited to share my first published article - "Downstairs, Upstairs: The Division of Domestic Space Between Domestic Workers and Super-Rich Employers in London" in @ArchHumanities, based on my Masters thesis back in 2019 https://t.co/LvXLgNuo9f

[Matt Reynolds @mrmfr]

Moving to https://t.co/fdqoDMD8Ee - please follow me there if interested!

[Kalayaan🧡 @Kalayaan]

A few weeks ago Kalayaan’s Campaigning Group had their Showcase Event in Westminster to celebrate their amazing work this past year. Thank you so much to those who attended 💜

Read more about the showcase and the group’s work in our latest blog 💫

https://t.co/VieACxZ5TM

[Kalayaan🧡 @Kalayaan]

It’s #AntiSlaveryDay24 so we thought we’d send out reminders of the myths fuelling migrant domestic worker exploitation in the UK. (Spoiler: the following is included in our report #12YearsOfModernSlavery which is available on our website). Prefer a short overview? Read on…

[Matt Reynolds @mrmfr]

@redrumlisa @BritishAcademy_ Best of luck Lisa!

[Chana Teeger @cteeger.bsky.social @cteeger]

✨We are hiring! @LSEMethodology is looking for an assistant professor in qualitative research methods. Please apply, share widely, and get in touch if you have any questions. ✨
https://t.co/tU0kuh73bC

[Pat McGovern @patmcgovern.bsky.social @PatMcGovern16]

My former @LSEsociology colleague, Chris Husbands, was a pioneering researcher on right wing extremism. When some would suggest that it was a very 1980s phenomenon, he would quote Berthold Brecht: 'The womb from which that crawled is still fertile'.

[Ben Smoke @bencsmoke]

following news labour govt will increase raids throughout summer these from @AntiRaids are vital. get yourself tooled up, tell your friends and your community. join your local anti raids network. when we come out in numbers and resist, we win.

[Vicky Spratt @Victoria_Spratt]

Housing & planning were top of Labour's agenda in yesterday's King's Speech. Much of what was announced was expected. The new government's approach is sober. It's a 360 look at the housing market, tackling everything except demand 🧵https://t.co/ibeFs6u0Es

[Work Rights Centre @WORCrights]

We're pleased to see a documentary being made about the experiences of migrant women working in the UK care sector, addressing the issues of exploitation and loneliness.

Documentary makers, Helen Spooner and Lotje Sodderland are looking to hear from carers themselves, with interviews guaranteed to be anonymous and translation also provided.

[Tim Bale @ProfTimBale]

https://t.co/mjV8TAB2QM

[Kalayaan🧡 @Kalayaan]

New op-ed out today by @ZoeJardiniere in @BigIssue talks about the opportunity the next Government has to reverse the changes made to the domestic worker visa 12 years ago trapping workers. Shoutout also @mrmfr for his work showing abuse rates rocketing with his data analysis 📈

[Kalayaan🧡 @Kalayaan]

Thank you to @TheLadyMagazine for hosting a blog by our wonderful volunteer Matt Reynolds @mrmfr today to mark #InternationalDomesticWorkersDay in which he talks about our new report #12yearsofmodernslavery. Link to Matt’s blog here: https://t.co/ZcXHTQlaER

[Emiliano Mellino @Mellino]

As today's International Domestic Workers Day, it's worth remembering that Labour's 2017 & 2019 manifestos pledged to reform the domestic worker visa, removing the conditions that put workers at risk of modern slavery.

There's no such pledge in this year's Labour manifesto.

[Kalayaan🧡 @Kalayaan]

OUT TODAY our report #12yearsofmodernslavery exposes the myths used to deny rights to domestic workers since 2012, trapping them with abusive employers. This cannot continue. We urge the incoming Govt to reinstate rights & protect all workers. Report here: https://t.co/SZen4e1d2v

[Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca]

Good to see Labour promise to investigate treatment of migrant care workers and recommit to a new single enforcement body. From existing research we know it’s also crucial that this body is separated from immigration enforcement to allow safe reporting, /1 https://t.co/FPXeh1ncE1

[Matt Reynolds @mrmfr]

@dai_alectic 👏 well-deserved

[Frances Ryan @DrFrancesRyan]

Not biggest problem with National Service by far but forcing the young to “volunteer” unpaid for the NHS further encourages the idea the health service is a charity. The NHS isn’t some large scale philanthropic project - it’s a professional body that needs funding and standards.

[Matt Reynolds @mrmfr]

@DrEllaC @MSHelpline @ESRC @SabraMBoyd @EYAlbright @AlysMcAlpine Excellent article Ella and @Lisa_Tompson!

High proportion of English potential victims for DS goes against stereotypes & curious about 'Helpline staff explained that callers reporting domestic servitude are often close to a family exploiting someone'. Colleagues? Family members?

[Lisa Mckenzie @redrumlisa]

Let's tell the newly appointed mayors we want right to buy paused.

I've just signed this petition. Will you add your name and share too? Lets test their powers - sign & share widely
https://t.co/c3qCu6ctMM via @38degrees

[Matt Reynolds @mrmfr]

Almost like it's always been about class, not generations...