In my July briefing for the Jimmy Reid Foundation, I examined the planned growth of AI data centres in Scotland. I didn’t have space to develop the section on the merits or otherwise of AI, and many of those opposing AI centres accept that AI is …Read more…
Workers must share in benefits of AI
Unite delegate Tommy Murphy gave a thought-provoking speech at Labour Party Conference on Monday (October 9) on artificial intelligence in the workplace. Moving a composite on AI and automation, Tommy noted that “workers in the print industry have long memories – and we remember the charging horses of the Wapping dispute where millionaires imposed automation […]
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The future world of work is now
Unite policy conference engaged in a wide-ranging debate with many speakers about how automation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are already having a huge impact on the workplace – an impact that will only deepen in the months and years to come. Unite delegate Wayne Morgan (pictured above) moved the composite of motions, while Unite delegate […]
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Building the future world of work
Supporting a TUC conference motion on the demands for the future world of work today (9 September), Unite delegate Stuart Davies called for a trade union led campaign to reduce working time in the…Read more…
‘Let’s re-energise the industrial’
Unite executive officer and conference delegate Sharon Graham made the case for unions to intensify their core industrial work as she spoke in support of a motion on Monday (September 9) at the TUC…Read more…
‘Setting a living standard nobody should fall below’
Workers must be protected if a universal basic income (UBI) is implemented in the future Unite has warned, following a report welcomed by Labour that recommends every UK adult be paid an…Read more…
‘Our voices must be heard’
For the TUC’s I Heart Unions week (February 11-15), we’re highlighting the wonderful work trade unions do to empower workers — in this instance through peaceful protest. On Monday…Read more…
‘Serious issues’
Unite has raised concerns over the possibility of staff at UK firms being implanted with microchips for security and efficiency purposes. A handful of financial and legal firms are in…Read more…
Taking on automation
BAEM and women workers are often hardest hit by changes to the job market, Unite delegate Susan Matthews highlighted as she moved a motion on automation and how every worker must benefit equally from…Read more…
Threat to jobs
On Tuesday (September 11) Andrew Worth a Unite member and bus driver spoke in support of motion 5 on automation. “I’m a bus driver from Plymouth and I’m in absolute support of this motion,”…Read more…
Driverless buses?
Plans by Stagecoach to trial the UK’s first driverless bus must prioritise jobs and safety the transport firm has been told. Current legal restrictions mean the single deck bus will only be…Read more…
Automation tide
Unite’s policy conference heard from delegates today (July 4) who have already been affected by a growing tide of automation. Speaking in favour of a motion to further Unite’s policies on…Read more…
Automation and the case for government intervention
The robots are coming to take your job – or maybe not quite yet.
As the recent ScotGov/ STUC paper puts it, there are two schools of thought. Those who believe we stand on the cusp of widespread…Read more…
Unite fights for future of work
Nearly a third of jobs in some northern towns and cities could be replaced by technology by 2030, new research has found. The analysis, which predicts up to a fifth of jobs in urban areas are…Read more…
Paid not to work?
Responding to the Adam Smith Institute, Unite has warned against letting the global elite in Davos buy people off with universal payments in exchange for unemployment. A new report from the…Read more…
Report from Unite GPM&IT national sector conference 2017
Last week delegates from each of Unite’s industrial sectors met in Brighton for their National Sector Conferences. This report covers the plenary, shared between several sectors, and the conference for my own sector – Graphical, Paper, Media & IT.
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The automation challenge
See and hear Unite executive officer Sharon Graham’s presentation on automation to sector conference 2017 delegates
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‘Cornerstone conferences’
See and hear Unite general secretary Len McCluskey’s address to this year’s sector conferences in Brighton.
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‘On the side of justice’
Unite’s general secretary Len McCluskey described this week’s industrial sector conferences (November 13) as “a cornerstone of our union and our democracy” in his speech welcoming delegates to the…Read more…
‘The internet of things’
The fourth industrial revolution may be not televised but it will be digitalised. If changes to work caused by automation are not dealt with properly, more than 230,000 Unite members could…Read more…