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In a speech to the OECD’s Global Forum on Technology, Christy Hoffman, General Secretary of UNI Global Union, drew from history and her own past experience to argue for technological change to be accompanied by labour policies that favour and even incentivise unionisation. Speaking at a session ...

As requested by G7 Leaders, Labour Ministers from G7 countries agreed a ‘G7 Action Plan for a human-centred adoption of safe, secure and trustworthy AI in the World of Work’. The Plan includes positive commitments to “Promoting the active involvement and consultation of workers and ...

Trade unionists from G7 countries met with Ministers, international policymakers and business leaders in Cagliari today to Underline the urgent need for Governments to deliver environmentally and socially sustainable growth with real wage growth for working people. Tackle the climate crisis by ...

The labour and business leaders of G7 countries – the Labour 7 and Business 7 – have agreed a joint statement for the G7 Labour and Employment Ministers meeting in Cagliari, Italy taking place on 11-13 September 2024. The joint statement ‘Shaping the advancement of Artificial ...

The OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2024 (Volume 1) released on 14 May reports that there is a currently a “vacuum of comprehensive policy by governments” regarding immersive technologies, with data suggesting that policy action has so far focused on supporting their development. Similarly, the ...

The OECD Declaration on Transformative Science, Technology and Innovation Policies for a Sustainable and Inclusive Future adopted today by ministers from OECD countries: Acknowledges the importance of engaging trade unions and business in the design, implementation and evaluation of science, ...

The Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America East (jointly, WGA) have been on strike since 2 May. Our brothers and sisters are fighting for the future of writing and for the ability to develop and sustain careers in the entertainment industry in the face of the pressures of ...

Version française à la suite   At their meeting on 10-11 July 2021, G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors adopted a Communiqué outlining a number of commitments to engage in structural reforms in light of digitalisation and climate change, and paved the way for reform of the ...

On-location platform workers are treated abysmally as app-based employers use underhanded definitions and loopholes in the law to duck their responsibilities. The platform economy is a challenge to the working conditions and labour rights of all workers. A new paper with a set of demands from ...

Many discussions around data governance revolve around firms, citizens and consumers – and rightfully so. One aspect that is being under-discussed is the workplace. This shows in both existing regulatory approaches and the application of competition policy, as well as in discussions on new ...

TUAC welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the OECD consultation on Pillar One and Pillar Two Blueprints. This publication follows the November 2019 consultation on a proposed unified approach to address the tax challenges of the digitalisation of the economy, and the December 2019 consultation ...

On 3 November 2020, the citizens of California voted in favour of “Proposition nb 22” which will classify “app-based workers” as independent contractors without access to employment standards. Uber and Lyft reportedly spent USD200 million in campaign activities in favour of the proposition. ...