After several weeks of strike action, Deliveroo workers in the Netherlands have something to celebrate. The Dutch government has launched a full-scale investigation in to one of the dark sides of the gig economy – the strategy of employing workers on bogus self-employment contracts despite working…
In her most recent column, Investigations correspondent at the Financial Times Sarah O’Connor reports on the dangers of ‘management by algorithm’. UNI’s ground-breaking principles on data rights and ethical AI are prominently featured as an example of labour’s response to the challenges these…
In 2017, UNI gave an intervention at the OECD conference “AI: Intelligent Machines, Smart Policies”. The OECD has now linked to our work and published it on the OECD Forum. At the conference we spoke of the Urgency of Now, of why we must ask ourselves what society we want, as everything imaginable,…
UNI Global Union asked Dr Victoria Nash from the Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University, for her opinion on the challenges and potentials of the digital economy. Read her thought-provoking article on Big Tech, algorithms, power, the role of unions, regulation and whether we should wish it all…
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If you’re posting on Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram or any other social platform – chances are you’ve received unwanted or even abusive comments – often from complete strangers.
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If you’re posting on Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram or any other social platform – chances are you’ve received unwanted or even abusive comments – often from complete strangers.
The article…
NYON, Switzerland— UNI Global Union has released ground-breaking principles that establish new rules for governing the future world of work. The principles, to be applied to union contracts and international labour rights standards, are the first comprehensive benchmarks to give workers and their…
Earlier this week we issued our ground-breaking Top Ten Principles on Workers’ Data Protection and Ethical AI. Listen to this podcast where Christina talks about UNIs FWOW strategies and actions and explains, using jaw-dropping examples, why unions need to fight for workers’ data rights and…
I wrap up my series of WTO blog posts feeling like celebrating, but also feeling sad. I celebrate that the proponents of harsh new e-commerce rules have not succeeded in their quest to transform the WTO. Yet I am sad to have witnessed deep rifts between nations and regions at this 2017 WTO…
What a week for the WTO. Starting with the scandalous blacklisting of civil society representatives and trade unions by the Argentinian government, the WTO Ministerial ends with no Ministerial Declaration and a strong signal to the WTO to think again.