In the first week of 2020’s lockdown, I took part in Simon Sapper’s great UnionDues podcast, sitting on my bed with my laptop to record a conversation about digital change in unions. During the call, Simon asked if I thought the pandemic could become a turning point for unions in digitising.
I wasn’t sure. We were in for what looked like being a really difficult couple of months for unions in supporting members to stay safe at work, without access to much of our infrastructure.
My worry was that was as likely to eat into our limited capacity for new digital work, as it could be a spur to new digitisation.
As it turned out though, Simon was onto more than I had thought.
Continue reading The pandemic and the drive for #digitalunions