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  • Digital unionism means a deeper relationship with data
  • Digital unionism means skills and organisational culture
  • Digital unionism means systems and investment
  • Digital unionism means meeting members’ expectations
  • What is digital trades unionism? A short blog series
  • Preparing the union for online statutory balloting
  • TUC digital healthcheck v4 – A new version of our union benchmarking tool
  • Tech unions vs enshittification
  • Building union power in the digital age: Lessons from Action Network’s Brian Young
  • Video: Why and how unions should use phishing simulation

What we’re reading on other sites

  • Beyond the platform decision: Why governing your union’s digital ecosystem is the harder question
  • Unionreps Webinar: Cyber Security Basics for Union Reps
  • Trade union digital ballots
  • Is your union’s join form ready for the Employment Rights Act?
  • Workers and machines
  • A thousand new ways to join a union

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Add your voice: the first global study of AI in union work

Nick Scott at Unions21 is running a global survey into union attitudes to internal use of AI.

Continue reading Add your voice: the first global study of AI in union work
Format LinkPosted on January 8, 2025January 8, 2025Author TUC Digital LabCategories What we're reading

Job applications are the visible tip of the AI iceberg for unions

Nick Scott of Unions21 looks at how unions should respond to the growing use of AI in job applications.

Continue reading Job applications are the visible tip of the AI iceberg for unions
Format LinkPosted on December 19, 2024December 19, 2024Author TUC Digital LabCategories What we're reading

The Digital Skills Shortfall

Grassroots union digital group Organise Lab release a new survey looking into the digital training needs and expectations of union reps.

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Format LinkPosted on December 13, 2024December 13, 2024Author John WoodCategories What we're reading

Unions gather to share, learn and strategize on AI’s “perils and promises”

Report from a UNI Global summit on AI.

Continue reading Unions gather to share, learn and strategize on AI’s “perils and promises”
Format LinkPosted on December 2, 2024January 8, 2025Author TUC Digital LabCategories What we're reading

Trade union website league table 2024

Simon Parry looks at domain authority across UK union sites every year. He’s drawn up 2024’s table of positions and changes. Check it out here.

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Format LinkPosted on November 26, 2024November 26, 2024Author TUC Digital LabCategories What we're reading

How can unions and professional bodies address social media hate?

CSP’s Rob Yeldham has documented a discussion series he organised with unions and other organisations, looking at issues around social media and the growth of the far right.

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Format LinkPosted on November 18, 2024November 18, 2024Author John WoodCategories What we're reading

A better way to keep your member data up to date

Online joining service Join Together profile their new update system, designed to improve member data accuracy and help unions retain more members over time.

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Format LinkPosted on September 27, 2024September 27, 2024Author TUC Digital LabCategories What we're reading

Priorities for developing technological capability inUK trade unions

Grassroots union digital group Organise Lab have published their research into reps’ needs around tech tools and training.

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Format LinkPosted on September 25, 2024September 25, 2024Author TUC Digital LabCategories What we're reading

The need to protect writers due to the growth of artificial intelligence

In a recent talk on the national Eisteddfod field, Manon Eames from the Writers’ Guild spoke about her concerns as a result of the growth of artificial intelligence and its impact on workers and culture.

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Format LinkPosted on September 18, 2024September 18, 2024Author TUC Digital LabCategories What we're reading

Is Twitter an X platform?

The CSP’s Rob Yeldham reflects on why the union is deciding to keep posting on Twitter. Some helpful ideas for unions considering what’s right for their own social channels.

Continue reading Is Twitter an X platform?
Format LinkPosted on August 20, 2024August 20, 2024Author TUC Digital LabCategories What we're reading

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