More than 100 civil society organisations from across the UK and world have branded the government’s AI Summit as “a missed opportunity”. In an open letter to Rishi Sunak they warn the “communities and workers most affected by AI have been marginalise…
Making first contact with non-member workers in a new workplace is getting steadily more difficult for unions. Our changing economy has for a long time meant that there are increasingly industries with higher union density, and others with little or none. Changing work patterns towards casualisation have made it harder for workers to meet each … Continue reading Engaging childcare workers online – case study
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In early October, the Digital Lab met to discuss digital aspects of member retention. UK union membership fell overall in both 2021 and 2022, and now stands at the lowest level since records began in 1995. Colleagues from a dozen unions joined our workshop to consider together why members might leave, and what unions can … Continue reading How do we retain more members in our unions?
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ILO event – The Future We Want
General Secretary Philip Jennings will play a lead role in the session on Work and Society at ILOs 2-day event “The Future of Work We Want” April 6-7 in Geneva. As part of the ILO centenary initiative on the Future of Work, 700 participants from across the world, including UNI’s Philip Jennings and Christina Colclough, … Read more
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ILO event – The Future We Want
General Secretary Philip Jennings will play a lead role in the session on Work and Society at ILOs 2-day event “The Future of Work We Want” April 6-7 in Geneva. As part of the ILO centenary initiative on the Future of Work, 700 participants from across the world, including UNI’s Philip Jennings and Christina Colclough, … Read more
UNI Global Union is making waves for inclusion and responsibility in the future world of work. This article sums up what we have pushed for in recent speeches. Making Waves for Inclusion and Responsibility! UNI Global Union’s Philip Jennings and Christina Colclough have made waves at three recent events on the future world of work: … Read more
Unions21 in the UK managed to find UNIs Young Workers Lab team, Jonnie and Christina, in the same spot and sat down with us for a good chat about young workers, data, AI and the future of work. In this podcast which is a fun, thought-provoking conversation between Unions21 Simon Sapper and UNIs Young Workers … Read more
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Who would you hire?
Be a CEO with a lust for using algorithms to hire people. Play this online game to find out who you would recruit. Learn about data bias, discrimination and the opacity of automated decision-making UNI has warned far and wide about the challenges, dangers even, of using data, algorithms and autonomous systems in human resources. … Read more
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When Algorithms Hire and Fire
Take a second and consider whether you would you have your job, if an algorithm had been in charge of hiring you? Read article extract by UNIs Christina Colclough here, download full version below Take a second and consider whether you would you have your job, if an algorithm had been in charge of hiring … Read more
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Spotlight Beta Test II
Prospect and Bectu teams from the UK dug deep into the possibilities of using Spotlight – our privacy respecting, worker empowering tool – at our event today. Spotlight will be made public in March! Prospect and Bectu teams from the UK dug deep into the possibilities of using Spotlight – our privacy respecting, worker empowering … Read more