Neoliberalism has re-formed work within a shifting spatio-temporal fix, retrenching labor’s gains while (re)positioning violence within the organization of work. Transcending mere interpersonal conflicts, this violence is structural, manifesting through adaptive strategies including symbolic mechanisms of domination such as meritocracy and self-regulation. Long neglected yet increasingly scrutinized, this phenomenon is the focus of this article as a critical domain for stimulating rights-claiming praxis. It conducts a theoretical discussion grounded in literature and policy analysis, with particular attention to the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (C190) of the International Labour Organization (ILO), whose scope operationally tends to foreground direct forms of violence. The article traces how normative claims can be translated into transformative practice, framing the claim to a violence-free world of work not as a static prerequisite for decency, but as a disruptive pathway for contesting power asymmetries and advancing egalitarian practices within contemporary capitalism.
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