Changing Work Centre

Progressive ideas for the modern world of work. @thefabians and @CommunityUnion initiative.

[The Fabian Society @thefabians]

@nowak_paul writes for @LabourList on the role of trade unions in engaging workers in skills development 👷🎓

This article originally appeared in the Fabian collection 'Equipped for the future: a vision for adult skills & training', edited by @joshabey

https://t.co/B0swd75Em2

[Community Union @CommunityUnion]

"We need nothing less than an adult skills revolution."

@Kate_Dearden on Community's and @thefabians latest report, Equipped for the Future, which assesses the huge skills gap the UK is currently facing.
https://t.co/DwnlLX53m8

[Changing Work Centre @ChangingWorkC]

💡NEW REPORT💡

'Equipped for the Future' brings together policy experts, business leaders and trade unionists to set out how we can tackle the UK's skills challenges.

Featuring @LordBlunkett, @nowak_paul, @Bhavina_B and more - read the report here >> https://t.co/zEClWwpr5z

[Josh Abey @joshabey]

Lots of great stuff this #HeartUnions week showcasing the essential work of trade unions.

In Dec 2020, @thefabians/@CommunityUnion's Commission on Workers and Tech made recommendations on how unions can be enabled to play a bigger role in making tech change work for workers 👇

[Josh Abey @joshabey]

Very grim. The @ChangingWorkC and @YvetteCooperMP's Commission on Workers and Technology found emerging evidence of this kind of thing last year.

We proposed that government needs to fully review automated decision-making in recruitment - especially to rule out discrimination.

[Changing Work Centre @ChangingWorkC]

.@YvetteCooperMP, Chair of our Commission on Workers and Technology, is addressing @thefabians’ #Lab21 fringe on the future of the gig economy.

Read the Commission’s proposals - including on establishing a platform economy council to improve standards >> https://t.co/WcEot2Inbc

[Changing Work Centre @ChangingWorkC]

📖 Take a look at our full report, Sharing the Future, here >> https://t.co/WcEot2qMjE

[Changing Work Centre @ChangingWorkC]

Fantastic to see @UKLabour, @Keir_Starmer and @AngelaRayner adopting a Commission on Workers and Technology recommendation - to establish a framework for unions and employers to negotiate pay and standards at sector level, starting with the social care sector.

[Changing Work Centre @ChangingWorkC]

Automation is accelerating. There will be 500 robots delivering Co-op groceries across England by the end of 2021.

Read @CommunityUnion/@thefabians' Commission on Workers and Tech proposals on making automation work for workers >> https://t.co/fNeLDR0OTq
https://t.co/987QYACsqw

[Changing Work Centre @ChangingWorkC]

.@The_TUC have called on the government to implement a permanent furlough-like scheme, with funded training offered to workers to manage changes in the world of work 👇
https://t.co/9jRiOTongi

[Changing Work Centre @ChangingWorkC]

Read 'Sharing the Future', the final report of @thefabians/@CommunityUnion's Commission on Workers and Technology, here:
➡️ Full report: https://t.co/WcEot2qMjE
➡️ Summary report: https://t.co/o0lYujasLD

[Changing Work Centre @ChangingWorkC]

NEW: our chair @YvetteCooperMP writes for the @NewStatesman.

"Past eras of major technological change have created new opportunities, but also new injustices ... We owe it to all those who have felt the full force of this crisis to act now."
https://t.co/jw12YJTR34

[Labour Tribune MPs @TribuneMPs]

The Tribune Group was delighted to be joined last night by @YvetteCooperMP and @joshabey from @thefabians , who spoke to us about the @ChangingWorkC’s latest report, ‘Sharing the Future: Workers and Technology in the 2020s’.

[Community Union @CommunityUnion]

At the Challenging Tech symposium, @AnnaMowbray1 presented the findings of Community’s report, ‘Sharing the Future: Workers and Technology in the 2020s’.

Here's what she had to say on the future of workers and tech ⬇️ https://t.co/JzDshZIJoU

[Community Politics @CommPolitics]

Community's @Kate_Dearden on the crucial bill missing in today's #QueensSpeech2021 in @LabourList

[Changing Work Centre @ChangingWorkC]

Take a look at the full detail of the Commission's recommendations in our final report, 'Sharing the Future'.
Full report >> https://t.co/WcEot2qMjE
Summary report >> https://t.co/o0lYujasLD

[Changing Work Centre @ChangingWorkC]

Today the government announced that a Skills and Post-16 Education Bill will soon be introduced.

These plans must support workers to adapt to automation and new tech. @thefabians/@CommunityUnion's Commission on Workers and Technology set out how adult skills reform can do this.

[Changing Work Centre @ChangingWorkC]

The government's measures must:
1. Ensure the adult skills system is integrated and accessible to all workers.
2. Enable people to 'work and train' by supporting workers' incomes.
3. Support local areas and sectors to fund strategically important qualifications above level 3.

[The Fabian Society @thefabians]

Congratulations to @AngelaRayner who on becoming the Shadow Secretary of State for the Future of Work takes on the crucial task of decent jobs for all post-pandemic.

The final report from the Commission on Workers and Technology has a lot of ideas to help https://t.co/1OzGaR14l1

[The Fabian Society @thefabians]

The @HLCOVID19Com
Have launched their report ‘Beyond Digital: Planning for a Hybrid World’ https://t.co/hejTEG1TkY which contains recommendations from the @ChangingWorkC

Our researcher @joshabey gave evidence to the committee on behalf of the Commission on Workers & Technology