UNIs FWOW motion unanimously adopted

With 10 clear action points and priorities unanimously adopted, UNI Global Union has confirmed their commitment to ensuring we have a voice, are present and active in shaping the world of work we want. Acknowledging the challenges many workers across the world already face as jobs are displaced by…

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Online to offline organising – lessons from the US and Australia

Digital offers unions ways to reach out to workers that we’d find hard to access traditionally, due to hostile employers, geographical dispersion or limited organiser resources. It can also provide…

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Trade Union Website League Table 2018

Simon Parry has been looking at SEO changes in union websites over the last year. Who’s got the top spot for 2018?

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Temp agencies vs online platforms – New report out!

It will come as little surprise that the comparison between online talent platforms and the temporary agency sector revealed significant differences along a number of dimensions. Access to training and social protection was significantly less for workers in the online talent platforms. This is not…

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Embracing data is key to the future of unions

Learning to read and predict our changing environment through strategic use of data is crucial for the survival of trade unions, says Prospect’s Jenny Andrew.

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Ethical data collection must be employed at work

The OECD published today UNI Global Union’s article titled: Not Just a Facebook Problem: Ethical data collection must be employed at work It only takes a look at the world’s most valuable companies to see that data is the new gold. Already in 2014, global data flows accounted for US$2.8 trillion;…

Skills, people investment & jobs

On April 24, Google and Debating Europe hosted an event for policymakers, industry, trade unions, tech experts and start-ups to discuss the impact of automation on business growth, jobs and society. UNI Global Union was invited to the event to present our views on jobs, security, skills and why we…

Could data harm your job chances?

Workers across the world – with the exception of those in the EU, who will soon benefit from the provisions in the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation – have no control over the mountains of data their employers collect on them. Nor do workers know what data employers are actually using to…

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When Digital.UNISON broke (a small part of) the internet

I’m fairly confident this is the first ever news article based on a web pay calculator going offline. A dubious honour, but this is the story of the online world.

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When Digital.UNISON broke (a small part of) the internet

I’m fairly confident this is the first ever news article based on a web pay calculator going offline. A dubious honour, but this is the story of the online world.

The article When Digital.UNISON…