Recent decades have been tough on labour, largely as a consequence of technological change, claims this briefing from The Economist. But technology may also be the thing that helps turn their…
Take a second and consider whether you would you have your job, if an algorithm had been in charge of hiring you? Think about your financial records, your health file, your friends on social media. Are you a member of a trade union? Do you own a Fitbit? What are your shopping habits and what do you…
This is a write up from a practical workshop we ran at the TUC on improving online joining processes in unions. We had 30 attendees with a broad range of staff functions including IT, comms,…
What’s the most important page on a union website? I’d suggest it’s not the home page, or even the General Secretary’s biography, but the online joining form. In many unions, a majority of members…
UNISON is rolling out an interesting new Easy Joiner online tool to support reps helping to grow the union on the move.
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UNISON Digital’s Alison Charlton introduces the principles informing their approach to digital transformation.
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Just back from the TUC’s 150th anniversary Congress in Manchester, where we had a Digital Hub stall, helping delegates make the most of tech to follow the conference. In between charging up…
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Unions and digital transformation
Digital transformation is not about doing the same things we’ve always done but just doing more of it with new technology. It’s not building an app that replicates your traditional website. It means stripping right back to look at what trade unions look like in the 21st century, and asking what does belonging to a trade union mean?
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Unions and digital transformation
Digital transformation is not about doing the same things we’ve always done but just doing more of it with new technology. It’s not building an app that replicates your traditional website. It means…
Outlandish’s Harry Robbins proposes a Government Digital Services approach to help the trade union movement engage with digital at a strategic level.
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