Working Lives Research Institute
PositionSenior Research Fellow
Before moving to the Working Lives Research Institute Tessa worked at the Labour Research Department (LRD), an independent trade union research organisation, for 12 years, moving from the role of IT support and development to become an equality researcher and editor of LRD Booklets. As a researcher covering equality issues Tessa wrote many articles and publications on the discrimination faced by women, ethnic minorities, disabled workers and lesbians and gay men in the labour market and workplace. She also carried out commissioned research for a number of UK trade unions and the TUC, as well as working on European projects on equal opportunities and the participation of women in trade unions.
Tessa's work at WLRI has continued to focus on effective measures to combat discrimination at work, including a project funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) and Acas, "The Experience of Ethnic Minority Workers in the Hotel and Catering Industry: Routes to Support and Advice on Workplace Problems", exploring the workplace problems of ethnic minority and migrant workers. She also worked on the ESF project 'Multiple discrimination' and social exclusion at work: lesbian, gay and bisexual workers - an examination of the intersection between gender, race, age and sexual orientation. She also completed a project on the needs and aspirations of seafarers, has worked on a European Framework 6 project ‘Undocumented Worker Transitions’ and is now contributing to a European project on mapping trade union responses to discrimination.
Tessa is working part-time at WLRI while studying for a PhD at the Centre for Research in Equality and Diversity, School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, University of London. She is researching the intersections of gender, sexuality and class in non-traditionally female work, focusing on the transport and construction sectors.
t.wright@qmul.ac.uk
Queen Mary, Unibersity of London
Francis Bancroft Building,
Mile End Road
London,
E1 4NS
Tel: +44 (0)20 7882 7472
Fax:+44 (0)20 7882 3615
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‘Tightening immigration policies and labour market impacts’, Transfer, 4/2008 (with S. McKay).
‘Lesbian firefighters: shifting the boundaries between "masculinity" and "femininity"’, Journal of Lesbian Studies, 12:1: 103-112.
‘Lesbian workers: Personal strategies amid changing organisational responses to "sexual minorities" in UK workplaces’, Journal of Lesbian Studies, 12:1: 31-45 (with F.Colgan, C. Creegan, and A. McKearney).
(with Colgan, F., Creegan, C. and McKearney, A.) Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Workers, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace, COERC, London, Metropolitan University, June 2006.
ESF LGB Report 5 June 2006
(with Pollert, A.) The Experience of Ethnic Minority Workers in the Hotel and Catering Industry: Routes to support and advice on workplace problems, Acas Research Paper 03/06, London:Acas.
Acas Research Paper 03/06
(with Pollert, A.) Staying on in hotels and catering: the experiences of long-term ethnic minority and migrant workers, Paper for 24th Annual International Labour Process Conference, 10-12 April 2006.( with Pollert, A.)
Wright Conference Paper 10-12 April 2006
(with Pollert, A.) The experiences of ethnic minority and migrant workers in hotels and restaurants: strategies and necessities, BUIRA Conference, University of Galway, 27-29 June 2006.
Wright BUIRA conference paper 27-29 June 2006
(with Colgan, F., Creegan, C. and McKearney, A.) Sexuality in the workplace: Individual strategies and organisational responses to discrimination and social exclusion, BUIRA Conference, University of Galway, 27-29 June 2006.
The problems and experiences of ethnic minority and migrant workers in hotels and restaurants in England, Centre for Research on Work and Society Hospitality Workshop, Toronto, Canada, 13-14 October 2006.
Wright Canada conference paper 13-14 October 2006
(with Pollert, A.) The Experience of Ethnic Minority Workers in the Hotel and Catering Industry: A Review of the Issues, WLRI Working Paper, July 2005.
Wright, Hotel & Catering Working paper July 2005
Various Labour Research Department Booklets, including: Lesbian and gay workers’ rights - an LRD guide (2003); Monitoring and surveillance - a guide to privacy at work (2003); Working parents - a guide to the new rights (2003); Winning equal pay - a trade unionist's guide (2002); Bullying and harassment at work - a trade unionist's guide (2001) (with S. Robin); Work-life balance - a negotiator's guide (2001).
Various articles, 1992 - 2004, in Labour Research and Workplace Report (formerly Bargaining Report), Labour Research Department: London.