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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
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
Has the spark gone out of e-truck manufacturing?
Volta joins a growing list of electric vehicle manufacturers who have pulled the plug on their vans and trucks. Volta’s potential customers in its testing programme, included Marks & Spencer, DB Shenker and DSV with their engineering and development largely … Continue reading
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UAW Dispute With US Automakers: Biden & Trump Try To Woo Union Members
Biden tells Auto strikers ‘Stick with it’, while Trump says the strikes are ‘ridiculous’ For the first time in modern history a sitting US president joined and spoke at at union picket line this week. Joe Biden was accompanied by … Continue reading
Sarah Woolley: “Trade Union Movement Should Back Organise Now”
Sarah Woolley, General Secretary of Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) is calling on the whole labour movement to back Organise Now, as it celebrates its first anniversary. As figures show that 200,000 workers (mainly women) left the trade … Continue reading
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Updated: Where To Now For The BRICS Nations
Economist Jim O’Neill (now Lord O’Neill) originally coined the phrase ‘BRICs’ in a 2001 Goldman Sach’s economic paper with the title ‘The World Needs Better Economic BRICs’ – which discussed the prospects for four emerging economies – Brazil, Russia, India, … 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
Brexit – a project led by nationalist far right forces who wanted to divide UK workers
By Simon Dubbins Unite International Director Brexit was always a project led by nationalist far right forces who wanted to divide UK workers. With Europe and the world at the most dangerous moment since World War II, it’s essential that … 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