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.
Continue reading Unions mobilise to turn the tables on wage-theft in hospitalityAuthor: TUC Digital Lab
The benefits of technology at work should be for everyone, not just employers and big tech companies
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.
Continue reading The benefits of technology at work should be for everyone, not just employers and big tech companiesWhich unions are the most influential on Twitter 2020?
Simon Parry’s annual roundup of how unions score using Kred’s Twitter influence measurements.
Continue reading Which unions are the most influential on Twitter 2020?How ‘virtual CIOs’ can help trade unions join the digital revolution
TechMonitor interviews Simon Parry, vCIO at the TUC, about how unions might benefit from more CIO-type roles.
Continue reading How ‘virtual CIOs’ can help trade unions join the digital revolutionNational Education Union steps up school closure campaign with new ‘Escalation’ app
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.
Continue reading National Education Union steps up school closure campaign with new ‘Escalation’ appCollective voices on data
Andrew Pakes blogs on Prospect’s fringe event on worker voice in data and technology at Congress 2020 – Taming the algorithm.
Continue reading Collective voices on dataTrade union website league table 2020
Simon Parry has ordered all TUC affiliate unions’ websites by domain authority again for this year. Who’s had the gains and falls in online influence in 2020?
Continue reading Trade union website league table 2020How to use webinars to reach workers and win change
Lockdown has presented huge challenges for unions. TUC Education has been using webinars to deliver training and support to union reps.
Continue reading How to use webinars to reach workers and win changeHow greater transparency can help people get back to work with confidence
The Open Data Institute looks at our project to collate workplace Covid-secure risk assessments during the pandemic.
Continue reading How greater transparency can help people get back to work with confidenceWorkers’ rights: negotiating and co-governing digital systems at work
Algorithmic systems are a new front line for unions as well as a challenge to workers’ rights to autonomy, writes Christina Colclough for Social Europe.
Continue reading Workers’ rights: negotiating and co-governing digital systems at work