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Anibel Ferus-Comelo

Director of Community-Engaged Academic Initiatives, University of California-Berkeley
Chapter Member: Bay Area SSN
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Ferus-Comelo's research focuses on US unions, labor standards, governance of global supply chains for social and environmental sustainability, and the political economy of India. Before coming to Berkeley, Ferus-Comelo served as a consultant to international civil society groups and government development agencies while based in Europe and India for over 15 years.

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Unions and Communities Should Have a Say in CHIPS Act Funding

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"Reclaiming Democracy: The Challenge Facing Labor in India" in The Cambridge Handbook of Labor and Democracy, edited by Angela B. Cornell & Mark Barenberg (Cambridge University Press, 2022).

Explores the role of unions in safeguarding the rights of the most politically and economically marginalized segments of Indian society so that their participation and voice is enhanced within the democratic polity. 

"Globalization, Knowledge and Labour: Education for Solidarity within Spaces of Resistance" (edited with Mario Novelli) (Routledge, 2014).

Highlights the central importance of knowledge production and learning processes within social movements for liberation.

"Migration and Precariousness: Two Sides of the Contract Labour Coin" Economic and Political Weekly 49, no. 36 (2014).

Illustrates the precarious nature of contract employment for migrant workers in the globalized private security industry. Highlights the state's dual role as both regulator and principal employer, concluding with policy recommendations aimed at enhancing protections for workers in precarious employment.