Work relocation and telework: Andrew Bibby's web site.

Andrew Bibby is a professional writer and journalist, working as an independent consultant for a number of international and national organisations, and as a regular contributor to British national newspapers and magazines. He is also the author of a number of books.

He has undertaken work in recent years for, among others, the International Labour Organization, the European Commission, UK Department of Trade and Industry, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Union Network International and the International Cooperative Alliance.

His journalism has appeared in, among other places, The Observer, the Independent, The Guardian and Financial Times.

Home page, Andrew Bibby

Other sections of this website

A selection of writings on other topics

To contact Andrew Bibby

Tel: +44 (0) 1422 845799
Fax: +44 (0) 1422 845800
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Where are the jobs going?
What's happening to work?

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Andrew Bibby writes:

I have researched and written on the effects of technological change on work relocation, and in particular in the issue of telework, for more than fifteen years. I try to make as much of my material available here as possible.

The report The Global Mobility Revolution, written (late 2003) for Union Network International, proposes a policy and an approach for trade unions internationally facing up to the issues of 'offshoring' and the remote migration of work. PDF format. Also available in French, German, Span i sh and Swedish versions.

On the same theme, I have edited Offshore Outsourcing, a practical guide for trade unionists and employee representatives dealing with the complexity of offshore outsourcing (2006). This handbook, written by Tom De Bruyn and Monique Ramioul, is also available in French, German, Swedish, Danish and Dutch.

This web site includes a lengthy extract from my book "Home is Where the Office is: A Practical Handbook for Teleworking from Home" (publ Hodder), examining the advantages and disadvantages of changing to teleworking. This book was the first practical guide to teleworking to be published in Britain and, although written well over ten years ago, this section of the book remains, I believe, relevant today.

The booklet Working Anywhere, published by the UK government's Department of Trade and Industry, has useful case studies and practical information for British readers (2nd ed, 2000).

I have selected a number of extracts from the book "Teleworking: Thirteen Journeys to the Future of Work", (publ Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 1995). This book is now primarily of historical interest.

The complete text of the report Teleworking and Trade Union Strategy, is available. This report was written in 1996 for FIET, now part of UNI. Available in German: Gewerkschaften und Telearbeit.

This report is now primarily of historical interest, as the first document to explore union responses to the developing trend of teleworking.

Also written for UNI is the report Organising in Call Centres (2000). This report is also available in French, German and Spanish language versions.

From my journalism on the issues raised by teleworking and the relocation of work I have selected the following articles: