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AI: Threats & Opportunities For The Media
Register now for the South Yorkshire Festival Of Debate (in partnership with Media North) panel debate on the Threats & Opportunities for media & digital workers of Artificial Intelligence. ‘AI – Threats & Opportunities For The Media’ Free online event: … Continue reading
New York Times To Sue OpenAI & Microsoft; Sports Illustrated Sacks Senior Staff Over Use Of AI
The newspaper and magazine industry is gearing up for a battle over the use of AI in information harvesting and the use of artificial intelligence to create fake articles, fake writer profiles and photos. The New York Times is to … Continue reading
Nordic Transport Unions Blockade Tesla in Sweden Dispute
Following the decision by the Danish transport workers union 3F to take secondary action and cease transporting Tesla vehicles into Denmark’s lucrative e-vehicle market in support of the Swedish IF Metall Tesla mechanics strike, Norwegian and Finnish transport unions are … Continue reading
Updated: IF Metall members in Sweden strike at Tesla – unions line up in support
Over 120 Tesla mechanics in Sweden have commenced strike action after the company refused to agree to union recognition and collective bargaining. It is expected that sales staff who are members of the Unionen union will strike this coming week. … Continue reading
Unite delegates overwhelmingly reject disaffiliation from UK Labour Party
Brighton UK: Following a passionate and ‘well-tempered’ debate at Unite’s rules conference today (Monday 10th July) the union which is the Labour Party’s biggest affiliate has overwhelmingly rejected proposals that would have resulted in the union disaffiliating from Labour. An … Continue reading
Artificial Intelligence Is A Collective Bargaining Issue
Unite National Officer for the Graphical Paper, Media and IT Sector and the Service sector Louisa Bull tells the European TUC that companies in AI have a business model that is based on the exploitation of its workers. Like any … Continue reading
A Glorious History: The Printing and Papermaking Trade Unions In The UK & Ireland
For the first time the story of print and paper workers’ struggle for rights and trade union freedoms is brought together in one illustrated volume. From the resources of the Printworkers’ Collection at the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School, … Continue reading
GCHQ & Trade Union Rights Campaigner Mike Grindley – A Humble Hero.
By Hugh Lanning Many seek prominence, others have it thrust upon them. Mike Grindley, who died aged 85 in hospital on New Year’s Day following a stroke, was definitely one of the latter. Humble and kind, Mike had been beavering … Continue reading
By failing to stand with working people, Labour is taking an electorally risky stance
By Simon Fletcher Keir Starmer’s backtracking on nationalisation looks like an excess of caution, when he should be boldly reaping the benefits of Tory disarray. Last week was a watershed for Keir Starmer’s Labour, laying bare the limitations of Labour’s … Continue reading
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Protest At Your Own Peril
Book Review: Matt Foot & Morag Livingstone – Charged: how the police try to suppress protest By Adrian Weir The odious current Home Secretary, Priti Patel, is widely despised and derided for her attempts to order the pushing back to … Continue reading