{"id":18801,"date":"2019-09-10T13:02:57","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T12:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=18801"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:55:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:55:35","slug":"building-future-world-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=18801","title":{"rendered":"Building the future world of work"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n

Supporting a TUC conference motion on the demands for the future world of work today (9 September), Unite delegate Stuart Davies called for a trade union led campaign to reduce working time in the modern economy.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Davies said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe world \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and the world of work \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is changing rapidly. Digitalisation and globalisation are having a profound impact on our lives and societies.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe OECD\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s latest Employment Outlook estimates that 14 per cent of existing jobs could disappear as a result of automation<\/a> in the next 15-20 years, and another 32 per cent are likely to change radically as individual tasks are automated.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bAnd the risks include growing inequality and a \u00e2\u20ac\u0098digital divide\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in access to technologies and the benefits that arise from them.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Unions must rise up to the challenge of harnessing technological developments in the economy and ensure that workers benefit from any changes, Davies said.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fighting for shorter hours<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe trade union movement has a long and proud history of fighting for shorter hours. That includes the ground-breaking CSEU campaign for a shorter working week,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said Davies.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bOur movement must be front and centre of a new campaign and programme of work to flesh out a framework for how a reduction in working time can be achieved in the modern economy<\/a>.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Davies referenced a landmark agreement at his own workplace, Bentley Motors in Crewe, where Unite members have won a 35 hour week with no loss in pay.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Reduced working time can be taken in a number of different ways, but however it is achieved there most be no drop in pay, Davies added.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

He said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bSignificantly the OECD report I mentioned earlier identified the strong role that collective bargaining and social dialogue can help in addressing the challenges posed by a changing world of work.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bTrade unions need to be at the heart of this transition, negotiating and collectively agreeing reductions to working hours.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supporting a TUC conference motion on the demands for the future world of work today (9 September), Unite delegate Stuart Davies called for a trade union led campaign to reduce working time in the modern economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18821,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[455,1221,1184],"wps_subtitle":"Unite delegate Stuart Davies calls for shorter working hours in response to digitalisation and automation","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18801"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18801"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25031,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18801\/revisions\/25031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}