Author: TUC Digital Lab

A case study of the Dutch unions’ digital campaign for a raise in the minimum wage, by organising consultancy Tectonica.

Ellie Mae O’Hagan of CLASS writes for the Guardian on how the pandemic and lockdown has necessitated the growth of new aspects of trades unionism.

Case study from supplier CallHub on how PCS used peer to peer SMS and phone banking to support their civil service pay campaign.

You can order your shopping, pay your bills and even vote in many political party ballots online. But when it comes to voting in union elections, the government insists only paper postal ballots will do.

Hospo Voice and ACTU have launched Mobilise – an app based on OUR WalMart’s Work-it AI advice and community platform, which aims to help organise Australian hospitality workers.

The use of new technology to manage how we work has risen during the coronavirus pandemic. But without new rules on how we deal with this, it could mean working people losing out – two thirds of workers say there is no consultation when new tech is introduced into the workplace. Trade unions are working to change that, Mary Towers blogs for the TUC.

Simon Parry’s annual roundup of how unions score using Kred’s Twitter influence measurements.

TechMonitor interviews Simon Parry, vCIO at the TUC, about how unions might benefit from more CIO-type roles.

Paul Waugh covers NEU’s new organising tool around escalating Covid concerns in schools into collective action. It’s a great project, allowing a process to happen at scale, supporting reps’ personalised needs and giving the union responsive insights.