Category Archives: The Digital Economy and Unions

AI: Threats & Opportunities For The Media

Posted on April 26, 2024 by Tony Burke

Festival Of Debate, 2024. Louisa Bull, National Officer Graphical, Paper, Media & IT Sector. Unite The Union : AI: Threats & Opportunities For The Media April 25th, 2024I  know other speakers are going to deal much more eloquently with the … Continue reading →

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US Ban On TikTok: Could The UK Be Dragged Into A Trade War?

Posted on April 25, 2024 by Tony Burke

Buried deep in the US Senate’s foreign aid support package for Ukraine is a fast track provision to ban the Chinese social media platform TikTok unless it is sold by its Chinese owners ByteDance to a US-approved buyer, something ByteDance … Continue reading →

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TUC AI Report, Employment Bill & Organising In Digital & Tech Sectors

Posted on April 21, 2024 by Tony Burke

The TUCs special task force report on Artificial intelligence and Employment Rights Bill was launched at the TUC Congress House in London on April 18th. Comprising of the TUC, the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy at the University of … Continue reading →

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AI: Threats & Opportunities For The Media

Posted on March 15, 2024 by Tony Burke

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 →

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TUC Organise 2020

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Tony Burke

Sign up now for loads of great on-line meetings…. https://www.tuc.org.uk/sign-organise-2020-events#.XvoAmc8Se6s.twitter

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The Brexit transition deadline will not be extended, says Gove. Can’t wait for the “Oven ready ambitious trade deal” they promised!

Posted on June 13, 2020 by Tony Burke

Michael Gove said yesterday that he informed his EU counterparts that the UK is not planning to extend the Brexit transition period beyond January 1st, the current date at which the UK must formally stop acting under EU trade and … Continue reading →

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Murdoch closes regional and local titles – Microsoft replaces journalists with robots.

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Tony Burke

The mantra that post Covid19 “the world will never be the same again” has been repeated a million times. This last week we saw the effects, not just of the virus pandemic but a move away from printing of local … Continue reading →

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Robot report has ‘forgotten the humans’

Posted on February 13, 2020 by Tony Burke

A new report on the automation of work in the public sector overlooks the threat to jobs, the Unite union warned yesterday. Unite said that Artificial Intelligence & Public Standards, a governmental advisory committee’s analysis of how robot techology could … Continue reading →

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Automation And Closures Are Challenges – But Failure Does Not Have To Be Inevitable

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Tony Burke

  By Sharon Graham,  Executive Officer of Unite the Union. Morning Star, July 18th 2019 Sharon Graham explains how rebuilding the shop stewards’ movement will help develop meaningful industrial power in an age of growing  jobs uncertainty Today as trade unionists … Continue reading →

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It’s The Media, Stupid! Policies For Media Reform Conference

Posted on January 19, 2020 by Tony Burke

It’s The Media, Stupid! Post Election Policies For  Media Reform Henry Moore Room, Leeds Art Gallery, The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AA Saturday 8 February, 11.00am – 5.00pm PROGRAMME 10.15-11.00 – Registration Coffee, tea and biscuits 11.00-12.00 – The Media and the … Continue reading →

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