Germany’s TikTok moderators laid off for AI demand compensation

TikTok workers in Germany are half way through a four-day strike over the social media giant’s plans to replace around 150 content moderators with artificial intelligence and refusal to engage …

Uber ordered to pay lost wages in ‘landmark’ unfair deactivation case

Adelaide-based Uber driver Mohammad Shareed Hotak was thrown off the platform for two months after he reported an assault by passengers who made an unproven allegation of threatening behaviour. In …

Negotiating the Algorithm

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is today launching a guide to help workers prevent the abuse of algorithmic management and put the human back in control in their workplaces. …

A First Look at Labor’s AI Values: An analysis of recent statements about technology by unions and other worker organizations

“Over the past few years, various unions and worker organizations have published a series of principles, public statements, frameworks, and resolutions articulating a vision for how AI and other digital …

COTU raises concern over proposed Business Laws Bill

The Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU-K) has opposed the Business Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, stating that the proposed law may jeopardise the hard-won constitutional rights of Kenyan workers, particularly …

Malaysia’s new platform law aims to level the playing field for gig workers

The recently enacted Gig Workers Bill provides more rights to Malaysia’s 1.2 million gig workers without recognising them as traditional employees. Instead, the new law effectively creates a distinct gig …

35 workers file petition against Bill granting foreign tech companies immunity

Thirty-five workers under the Africa Tech Workers Movement have moved to court to challenge the Business Laws (Amendment) Bill 2024. In a petition supported by Oversight Lab, the workers argued …

‘All the power is with the employer’: why zero-hours workers welcome Labour’s rights bill

When Seamus Foley took a job on a zero-hours contract at a board games bar in London two years ago, the flexibility it offered was appealing. Now, the deal looks …

Inteligencia artificial, cuidados y futuro del trabajo: desafíos y oportunidades sindicales para una transición justa

Las transformaciones tecnológicas que caracterizan el siglo XXI, en particular la automatización y el desarrollo de la inteligencia artificial (IA), están reconfigurando de manera acelerada y profunda el mundo del …

California reaches deal with Uber, Lyft to allow driver unions

California lawmakers reached an agreement Friday with Uber and Lyft that will open the door for app-based drivers to form unions, a victory for organized labor that could lay the …