Christina J. Colclough
Your Digital Union
Facing a number of challenges caused by digitalisation, this article lays out what the future digitalised union does, how and why.
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Christina J. Colclough
- Jun 10, 2021
- 2 min
#UnionTech
Be inspired by top experts sharing their views on #UnionTech, digital transformation, power and inequalities. Find all the material here
Christina J. Colclough
- Jun 2, 2021
- 5 min
Your Digital Selves' Rights
Here we argue that unions must start pushing back now on the many often opaque identities that are harming workers' career chances.
Christina J. Colclough
- Mar 1, 2021
- 1 min
Det handler ikke kun om dig..
Det handler om, at vores liv kan formes og begrænses af en masse dataprofiler. Vi skal have rettigheder over de profiler.
Christina J. Colclough
- Feb 26, 2021
- 3 min
Audits & Impact Assessments 2.0
Across the world, a new wave of audits and/or impact assessments for digital technologies are popping up. None include workers in the...
Christina J. Colclough
- Feb 24, 2021
- 3 min
Gig Workers Fighting Back
"Gig Workers Gather Their Own Data to Check the Algorithm’s Math" - article in Wired features WeClock - our self-tracking app for workers
Christina J. Colclough
- Jan 30, 2021
- 9 min
Data Rights are Labour Rights
Mozilla's Internet Health Report 2020 article "Data Rights are Labour Rights" includes mention of WeClock and Lighthouse - the two tools...
Christina J. Colclough
- Jan 24, 2021
- 4 min
Breaking the cycle: why Edtech must be regulated
Written for Education International on the International Day of Education 2021, this blog argues why unions and regulators urgently need...
Christina J. Colclough
- Jan 24, 2021
- 1 min
EdTech Needs a Strong Union Response
Summary findings of report Teaching With Tech. Written by the Why Not Lab for Education International - the global union for teachers' union
Christina J. Colclough
- Jan 17, 2021
- 2 min
Digital Tools for Trade Unions
This report provides an overview of digital tools built for, or by, workers.
Christina J. Colclough
- Jan 11, 2021
- 1 min
STOA study includes our work
The European Parliament's Panel for the Future of Science and Technology releases a thorough and insightful report "Data subjects,...
Christina J. Colclough
- Nov 25, 2020
- 1 min
New Report: Teaching With Tech
Written for the global trade union federation for teachers' unions across the world, Education International, this report sheds light on...
Christina J. Colclough
- Nov 25, 2020
- 3 min
Labour - a Commodity?
In 1919 and again in 1944 world leaders agreed that labour is not a commodity. Have we forgotten why?
Christina J. Colclough
- Nov 3, 2020
- 5 min
Towards Workers' Data Collectives
In this essay written for The Just Net Coalition and IT for Change's Digital New Deal essay series, I roll out my vision for the...
Christina J. Colclough
- Nov 1, 2020
- 4 min
It's Not Just About You
"I've done nothing wrong, so who cares if they take my data?" If you can hear yourself think this, please keep reading.
Christina J. Colclough
- Sep 14, 2020
- 1 min
Taming the Algorithm - why workers need a voice on tech
Held as a TUC 2020 Congress fringe event on Sep 14, 2020, this webinar was attended by over 100 shop stewards, experts and unionists....
Christina J. Colclough
- Sep 7, 2020
- 2 min
Workers’ rights: negotiating and co-governing digital systems at work
Strong union responses are immediately required to balance out this power asymmetry and safeguard workers’ privacy and human rights.
Christina J. Colclough
- Sep 7, 2020
- 2 min
Employers are tracking us. Let's track them back
Employers are using tech to track their employees ever more closely. Time for workers to reclaim their own data!
Christina J. Colclough
- Jul 16, 2020
- 1 min
Data for Unions
In this webinar from July 16, 2020 organised by Unions21, Andrew Pakes, Prospect and Dr Christina Colclough discuss what tools unions...
Christina J. Colclough
- Jul 8, 2020
- 3 min
Govern That Data - Here's How!
Trade union Prospect publishes online tool to help organisations become stewards of good data governance. It's free for all to use!
Rewarding Work
Data life cycle
AI Principles
Data trusts
workers data rights
Lighthouse
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