One troubling consequence of the disappearance of the office is that a potentially permanent increase in remote work will almost certainly make it harder for workers to organise, writes J C Pan in The New Republic.
Continue reading Unionizing the Office in an Age of Remote WorkCategory: What we’re reading
Unions 21 Masterclass ‘Digital tools for organising’
Watch this recording of a webinar with Alison Charlton, Digital Engagement Manager at Unison, on choosing the right digital tools to organise your members.
Continue reading Unions 21 Masterclass ‘Digital tools for organising’Data, automation and AI in the time of Covid-19
UNI Global Union on how Covid-19 may erode workers’ rights to privacy and to disconnect.
Continue reading Data, automation and AI in the time of Covid-19Digital organising: Overcoming the trust barrier
Henry Skewes of Unions21 has been piloting online campaigns with non-union workers. He’s written up what they learned so far .
Continue reading Digital organising: Overcoming the trust barrierGDPR being misused by employers to hinder trade unions
An ETUC survey of affiliates about the implementation of GDPR in member states found a worrying new trend of employers abusing the law to deny trade unions their right to contact workers digitally at work.
Read moreYours, mine and our data
UNI Global Union’s Christina Colclough features on a Norwegian union podcast, talking about why we need to be critical towards the massive surveillance and monitoring we are subject to as workers and as citizens.
Continue reading Yours, mine and our dataMeasuring People Power in 2020+
How could we better measure the value and impact of grassroots power building, organising and volunteer initiatives? MobLab’s latest report surveys voluntary organisations to find out the opportunities and challenges in getting smarter on our metrics.
Continue reading Measuring People Power in 2020+Spotlight Beta Test II 🚀
Prospect and Bectu teams dug deep into the possibilities of using Spotlight – UNI Global Union’s privacy respecting, worker empowering tool – at a beta launch event.
Continue reading Spotlight Beta Test II 🚀The rise of 21st-century unions
In 2020, a new kind of union will rise to fight for the rights of workers in modern workplaces, predicts innovation charity Nesta’s Jack Orlik.
Continue reading The rise of 21st-century unionsUnions, social media and young workers—evidence from the UK
Academics Andy Hodder and David Houghton analysed tweets sent by unions’ young workers sections. They found potential for engagement but also a risk of an echo chamber, where those already active become more active, and reach ultimately diminished.
Continue reading Unions, social media and young workers—evidence from the UK