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New power, tech unions and Wetherspoons’ WhatsApps

The New Power Review newsletter looks at examples of unions using technology to organise.

Beyond Government: Democracy in Trade Unions

Democratic Society’s Anthony Zacharzewski introduces their project to find new ways for unions to use digital methods to engage more members in their democracies.

A new app is taking labor unions out of union organising

Vice covers US digital platform startups that seek to replicate some of the functions of union organising campaigns, within a for-profit model.

Trade union website league table 2021

Simon Parry’s annual roundup of which union websites have the highest domain authority online. Where does yours rank?

Could an app replace your union?

Ryan Hayes looks at disruptive threats to unions for Canadian labour magazine Our Times.

NGSU’s digital strategy

Unions21’s Duncan Robertson worked with NGSU recently to analyse engagement with the union’s content on web and social media.

Big brother and big boss: Is surveillance in the workplace the new normal?

Prospect’s Andrew Pakes joins a panel in this recording from the 2021 CogX festival of AI, looking at what the growth in digital surveillance at work means for working people, and what can be done about it.

Fruit of the Zoom: NUJ delegate meeting

The NUJ’s Tim Dawson gives a glimpse behind the scenes at the NUJ’s annual conference, held online for the first time.

Voor 14: FNV’s movement for a decent wage.

A case study of the Dutch unions’ digital campaign for a raise in the minimum wage, by organising consultancy Tectonica.

The pandemic has catalysed a new era for Britain’s trade unions

Ellie Mae O’Hagan of CLASS writes for the Guardian on how the pandemic and lockdown has necessitated the growth of new aspects of trades unionism.