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  • Trade union website league table 2022
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  • People are turning to unions again
  • Knowledge is power – how unions can use data
  • Why are we talking data in unions?
  • Little Tech is coming for workers

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Category: What we’re reading

When algorithms hire and fire

UNI Global’s Christina Colclough writes for the journal ICTUR on how unions might need to respond to the effects of the burgeoning data that we generate in our working lives, but have little or no control over. Continue reading When algorithms hire and fire

Format LinkPosted on December 5, 2018December 5, 2018Author TUC Digital LabCategories What we're reading

Technology may help to revive organised labour

Recent decades have been tough on labour, largely as a consequence of technological change, claims this briefing from The Economist. But technology may also be the thing that helps turn their fortunes around Continue reading Technology may help to revive organised labour

Format LinkPosted on November 19, 2018Author TUC Digital LabCategories What we're reading

Easy Joiner: coming soon to a region near you

UNISON is rolling out an interesting new Easy Joiner online tool to support reps helping to grow the union on the move. Continue reading Easy Joiner: coming soon to a region near you

Format LinkPosted on October 29, 2018October 31, 2018Author wpengineCategories What we're reading

Unions and digital transformation

UNISON Digital’s Alison Charlton introduces the principles informing their approach to digital transformation. Continue reading Unions and digital transformation

Format LinkPosted on September 14, 2018October 31, 2018Author TUC Digital LabCategories What we're reading

A call for the creation of a Trade Union Digital Service

Outlandish’s Harry Robbins proposes a Government Digital Services approach to help the trade union movement engage with digital at a strategic level.

Format LinkPosted on August 15, 2018Author TUC Digital LabCategories What we're reading

Trade Union Website League Table 2018

Simon Parry has been looking at SEO changes in union websites over the last year. Who’s got the top spot for 2018? Continue reading Trade Union Website League Table 2018

Format LinkPosted on June 14, 2018October 31, 2018Author TUC Digital LabCategories What we're reading

Embracing data is key to the future of unions

Learning to read and predict our changing environment through strategic use of data is crucial for the survival of trade unions, says Prospect’s Jenny Andrew.

Format LinkPosted on June 6, 2018Author TUC Digital LabCategories What we're reading

Helping young workers understand unions and win at work

We’re excited to be able to reveal the first stages of our new union-backed digital service for young workers – WorkSmart.

Format LinkPosted on June 4, 2018June 8, 2018Author TUC Digital LabCategories What we're reading

Introducing WorkSmart: a new trade union offer for UK 21–30s from the TUC

With unions staring at a membership cataclysm in the next twenty years, it’s about time we rediscovered the value of risk taking to better serve working people, says Antonia Bance.

Format LinkPosted on June 4, 2018June 12, 2018Author TUC Digital LabCategories What we're reading

How ‘young tech dudes’ are decentralising unions with blockchain, AI

New approaches to organising being piloted in Australia and the US.

Format LinkPosted on January 3, 2018Author TUC Digital LabCategories What we're reading

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