Joe Ryle

Profile

Kind: person Country: United Kingdom Roles:

• former Autonomy staff

Notes

Autonomy Media and Comms Lead per April 2024 snapshot; not on May 2026 team page. Former advisor to Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell MP; former Labour Party Press officer.

Also known as

• JoeRRyle
• J. Ryle
• J Ryle
• Joseph Ryle

Connections

• Tatiana Pignon — other: Joe Ryle (4 Day Week Foundation) and Tatiana Pignon (The Autonomy Institute) appeared together as co-panellists at the virtual UK book launch of Juliet Schor’s ‘Four Days a Week’ hosted by The…

• James Meadway — other: James Meadway and Joe Ryle were colleagues who both served as advisers in John McDonnell’s Shadow Chancellor office during Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour leadership (2015–2017), and both independently…

• The Autonomy Institute — employment

• Rosa Luxemburg Foundation — other: The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation is listed as a partner and sponsor of the ‘Working Time Reduction Network Conference 2022’ (A Four Day Week for Europe?), held on 20–21 October 2022 in Brussels, at…

• Grace Western — other: Grace Western and Joe Ryle appeared together as panelists at the virtual book launch event for ‘Four Days a Week’ by Juliet Schor, hosted by the Autonomy Institute on 7 July 2025. Grace Western…

• Communication Workers Union — other: Joe Ryle, as campaign director for the 4 Day Week Campaign, publicly welcomed the Communication Workers Union’s (CWU) decision to second a TUC motion campaigning for a three-day weekend with no loss…

• Nick Srnicek — other: Joe Ryle and Nick Srnicek are both advocates for reducing working hours, and are quoted in the same article making complementary arguments for the four-day week / shorter working week. Nick Srnicek…

• Julian Siravo — other: Joe Ryle and Julian Siravo both contributed as guests/speakers to TWT FM’s Series 2 on leisure, which was produced in partnership with Autonomy (an independent think tank on the future of work). Joe…

• Kathi Weeks — other: Joe Ryle and Kathi Weeks are mentioned together in the context of a podcast episode about shorter working weeks. Kathi Weeks is the author of ‘The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork…

• Kyle Lewis — co_authored

• Will Stronge — other: Joe Ryle and Will Stronge are prominent allied advocates for the four-day working week in the UK, operating from different but complementary organisations — Ryle as campaign officer/director of the 4…

• Jack Kellam — other: Jack Kellam and Joe Ryle are both prominent advocates for the four-day workweek in the UK, frequently quoted together in media coverage of the movement, but represent different organisations. Kellam…

• India Burgess — other: India Burgess (Head of Advocacy at The Autonomy Institute) and Joe Ryle (director of the 4 Day Week Campaign) are colleagues and co-advocates for the four-day working week who appeared together as…