The many pronouncements on transformations in work or labour (“digitalization”, “increasing automation”, “uberisation”, “externalization”, etc.), often presented as structural and permanent, must be examined with circumspection. This was one of the goals that we had set for this issue, following upon exchanges with members of the editorial board, especially Magalie Saussey, whose insight greatly influenced our call for contributions. Do we not find the trace of older historical forms of work,...