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 revolutionLinks
A brave new world of work
Union Dues podcast interviews Christina Colclough on how the response to the pandemic has accelerated the rate of digital change at work, and what unions need to do to protect their members.
Continue reading A brave new world of workNational 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 workHigh visibility and COVID-19: returning to the post-lockdown workplace
The return from lockdown is bringing with it a surge of data collection about work and workers. Will employers get hooked and keep the surveillance after the crisis has gone, and how can workers have a meaningful say, asks Prospect’s Andrew Pakes.
Continue reading High visibility and COVID-19: returning to the post-lockdown workplaceAre you involved? Data Protection Impact Assessments at Work
GDPR offers workers a powerful tool to govern and oversee the use of technologies in workplaces, argues Christina Colclough.
Continue reading Are you involved? Data Protection Impact Assessments at Work