OECD Technology Forum – Think about future by looking back warns union leader
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 ...
Labour Ministers agree G7 AI plan, but ignore cost-of-living and climate crises
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 ...
Unions meet G7 Ministers in Cagliari on wage growth, AI and climate action
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 ...
Shaping the advancement of Artificial Intelligence through social dialogue
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 ...
Urgent action needed to guard against risks and harms from Artificial Intelligence and immersive technologies
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 ...
Science and Technology Policy Ministers agree to engage with unions and enhance teaching and research professions
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, ...
Global Unions stand in solidarity with the Writers Guild of America
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 ...
G20 Finance outlines structural reform agenda on digitalisation and climate, post COVID-19
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 ...
Workers in the On-location Platform Economy – Global Unions’ Policy Demands
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 ...
The limits of data rights for the workplace
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 Response to the OECD Public Consultation on Tax Challenges of Digitalisation
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 ...
Evidence against Prop22 – OECD views on false self-employment and platform work
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. ...