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 …

Subcontracting and algorithmic management in e-commerce are turning the logistics sector into a laboratory for labour abuses, warns academic Silvia Borelli

In an interview for Equal Times, the report’s coordinator and principal investigator, Silvia Borelli, labour law professor at the University of Ferrara (Italy), explains how the business of storage and home …

Uber to pay $15M in record labor settlement with Seattle, impacting more than 16,000 couriers

Uber Eats has agreed to pay $15 million to more than 16,000 delivery workers in Seattle after reaching a settlement with the city’s labor standards office over allegations that the …

How artificial intelligence uncouples hard work from fair wages through ‘surveillance pay’ practices—and how to fix it

“Workers’ pay is increasingly shaped by opaque algorithms and artificial intelligence systems, shifting compensation decisions away from human managers, clear legal standards, and collective bargaining. This phenomenon—known as algorithmic wage …