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.
The Hub
This page is the center for the Why Not Lab's opinions and policies on the futures of work(ers), digitalisation's impact on work, push backs and alternatives. Find inspiration for your advocacy to improve workers' conditions in the digital world of work. Our workshops cover lots of the below - listen to our podcasts too.
Christina J. Colclough
- Sep 30
- 1 min
Digitalisation: A Union Action Guide
This report sets out the issues unions face as public services and work become digitalised. It includes recommendations for union action
Christina J. Colclough
- Sep 24
- 1 min
Podcast: The Rise of Robo Bosses
Podcast with Mary Towers, Anna Thomas and Beth Gutelius on Algorithmic Management, union responses & Tech for Good including our app WeClock
Christina J. Colclough
- Jun 14
- 2 min
Innovations for Good Work
This panel gathered Good Work Innovators to discuss their initiatives, lessons learnt and tips for the future
Christina J. Colclough
- Jun 10
- 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
- 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
- May 25
- 3 min
AI and the Labour Market
6 min intervention by Christina J. Colclough for the European Parliament Public Hearing on AI and the Labour Market
Christina J. Colclough
- Mar 1
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Feb 3
- 4 min
Upskilling for Shared Prosperity
Report by World Economic Forum and PWC includes four Calls to Action including the Why Not Lab's "People Plan". Published January 2021,...
Christina J. Colclough
- Jan 24
- 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
- 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
- 2 min
Digital Tools for Trade Unions
This report provides an overview of digital tools built for, or by, workers.
Christina J. Colclough
- Dec 28, 2020
- 3 min
The Neglected Worker
In many future of work discussions, fora, debates or panels workers are ironically and concerningly not invited to voice their thoughts.
Christina J. Colclough
- Dec 17, 2020
- 3 min
5 App-Design Lessons
5 app design lessons that will be helpful if you embark on designing an app
Christina J. Colclough
- Nov 27, 2020
- 5 min
A Future of Unsustainable Work?
Article written for the Danish Insurance Sector Union and published in Danish here. The below is the original English language article...
Christina J. Colclough
- Nov 10, 2020
- 1 min
AI as a Tool for Worker Empowerment?
Streamed live on November 11, 2020, this conversation on the futures of work and workers is a follow up on the AI & Equality Initiative's...
Christina J. Colclough
- Oct 1, 2020
- 2 min
Future Digital Labour Markets
Published by the Danish Insurance Union, this article argues why unions must have a seat at the governance table on all things digital
Christina J. Colclough
- Sep 18, 2020
- 1 min
Re.war.ding Work
At the Imagine Untitled Festival in Helsinki, Service Union United PAM hosted a workshop on the Future of Rewarding Work.