ver.di condemns TikTok's intimidation against Berlin strikers In the dispute over the planned dismissals of content moderators and staff responsible for supporting non-German-speaking content creators at TikTok Germany, employees went on strike twice in July. Th...

#TikTok plans on laying off 150 content moderators, and now it's trying to intimidate their supporters.

Workers’ rights are not optional - #TikTok should stop its bad behaviour and start negotiating with @verdi-medien.bsky.social now! ✊
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USW joins global network to demand Telus respect its employees and their rights - USW Canada We found a lot of common ground in our discussions, as Telus intensely pressurizes its workers, with little regard for mental safety, both in Turkey and in Canada.

#Telus workers from Canada and Turkey find common ground in their experiences of poor treatment at the Canadian telecommunications and outsourcing giant - and join forces to improve working conditions. #StrongerTogether ✊👇

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Content moderation is essential for safer, trustworthy social media. Companies like #TikTok should be investing in these critical positions rather than "replacing" them with AI.

Solidarity with @cwunews.bsky.social!

TELUS must respect the right to organize and bargain collectively UNI Global Union and its affiliates call for an urgent, global dialogue with TELUS, the major Canadian multinational company.

Today, an international delegation of union representatives from Türkiye, Canada and other countries calls for an urgent, global dialogue with TELUS, the major Canadian multinational telecommunications and business services company.

📮 As Denmark shuts down the post office after 400 years, UNI G.S. Christy Hoffman reminds us: postal services are about more than profit - they’re pillars of democracy.

📰 As quoted in Japan’s leading paper, The Asahi Shimbun: www.asahi.com/articles/AST...

A CEO Wanted to Run Healthcare Like Taco Bell. Here’s How His Patients Are Doing YouTube video by More Perfect Union

"It went from care over profit to profit over care real fast." 💔

Dialysis workers at Fresenius & DaVita are organizing with unions like @seiu-uhw.bsky.social for better jobs - and better patient care.

Show solidarity by sharing their stories & joining their fight! ✊
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TikTok employees in Germany strike over AI taking their jobs Trade union ver.di says about 150 employees in content moderation and content creator outreach are at risk of losing their jobs as TikTok looks to replace them with AI.

BREAKING🇩🇪: For the first time, TikTok moderators are on a one-day strike today in Berlin to protest the replacement of staff with AI.

If the company doesn't bargain, UNI affiliate @social.verdi.de might launch a longer-term strike later this month.

Solidarity with the striking workers.

EU action not words needed over Gaza now The ETUC issued a press release on the EU-Israel Association Agreement following the resolution adopted by the ETUC Executive Committee in May, supported by UNI Europa.

“The urgency of the situation requires action.”

The @etuc-ces.bsky.social issued a press release on the EU-Israel Association Agreement following the resolution adopted by the ETUC Executive Committee in May, supported by UNI Europa.

TikTok content moderators strike in Berlin: “We trained your AI – now pay us!” Workers at TikTok’s Berlin headquarters strike to protest the company’s refusal to negotiate conditions of the mass firing of 150 content moderators.

🔥 "WE TRAINED YOUR AI—NOW PAY US!"

TikTok moderators in Berlin are on strike, facing mass layoffs after training the AI that could replace them. They're demanding dignity, transition support & fair pay.

Stand with them!
@verdi-medien.bsky.social
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"Überwachen uns bis zum WC" – Heftige Kritik an Amazon | Heute.at Amazon-Insider: Extreme Arbeitsbedingungen und Überwachung bis zur WC-Türe. Gewerkschaft erhebt schwere Vorwürfe.

📹Amazon's non-stop surveillance monitors workers "right to the toilet door."

🚽But workers in Austria want more than just to use the bathroom in peace. They want safe jobs, a living wage and a voice.

www.heute.at/s/ueberwachu...

Our UNI colleague Hatem Al-Aouini was on board the #Handala when Israeli forces intercepted it.

UNI GS Christy Hoffman says: "We demand that the Handala crew be released from detention and an end to the seige on Gaza."

#TikTok is replacing human content moderators with #AI – and workers in Berlin are striking back.

👊Solidarity with union @verdi-medien.bsky.social as it takes a second strike action today!
#bytedancersnotbystanders
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Exclusive: Global Safety Rules Aim to Protect AI’s Most Traumatized Workers Outsourced workers review graphic content used to train AI. A global union is now pushing for baseline mental health protections.

🚨 TIME exclusive: Content moderators shield us from the darkest parts of the internet—but suffer PTSD, burnout & trauma.

A global union alliance says: enough. Meta, TikTok, OpenAI, Google & more must adopt 8 safety protocols now.

#TechWorkersRising

NOW: The 6th UNI Europa Conference is about to start.

Stay tuned for three days of debate on the issues and strategies that will ensure #RealSayMorePay for Europe's services workers.

New firings at Telus in Türkiye renew calls to stop union busting Çağrı-İş Union is reporting that Telus Digital has fired roughly 30 workers in Türkiye – including union supporters – this week. The firings come in the wake of the business process outsourcing (BPO) ...

⚠️More news from #Telus Türkiye - TikTok content moderators protest the dismissal of 30 more workers at Telus offices.

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TikTok workers who watched abusive and traumatic videos say they were fired Moderators watch vast amounts of troubling posts to try and keep apps safe

🚨MUST READ - TikTok content moderators in Türkiye tell @tbij.bsky.social and @the-independent.com about abusive, traumatic conditions they face — and say their employer #Telus fired them after forming a union.

www.independent.co.uk/tech/tiktok-...

80 aniversario de la liberación de #Auschwitz.
El horror en la tierra, el exterminio industrial.
Miles de españoles sufrieron los campos nazis. Presos políticos a los que el franquismo no reconocía su condición de españoles. Por eso llevaban el triángulo azul de los apátridas.

The stress caused by constant surveillance is creating a mental health crisis for workers.

At #WEF25, UNI's Christy Hoffman talked about the explosion of bossware after COVID, and the steps needed to stop the surveillance, pressure and trauma it can cause.
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Telus - reinstate workers in Turkey, stop union busting UNI Global Union is calling on Canadian multinational, Telus Digital, to put an end to the vicious union busting at its operations in Turkey and urgently reinstate 15 fired union members. Telus, a bus...

📢 Tell us, #Telus: Why are you punishing content moderators in Turkey for unionizing?

We're calling on Canadian multinational, #TelusDigital, to put an end to the vicious union busting at its operations in #Turkey and urgently reinstate 15 fired union members.

uniglobalunion.org/news/telus-r...

💫 Day 2 of the UNI Asia & Pacific Conference is here!

Around 600 trade unionists from 22 countries from across the region are coming together in Bangkok to harness the power of solidarity and transform the future of work.💪🌏

#Together2Transform

Es maravilla poder pensar en un espacio sin agresiones, donde poder opinar sin miedo a las hordas de odio y descalificación. Buen vuelo mariposa!

💫🇹🇭 It's a wrap! Our 6th UNI Asia & Pacific Women's Conference in Bangkok is over - but it doesn't end there.
Our women trade unionists stand #Together2Transform the ideas, strategies and aspirations of the past two days into reality back home. ✊
⬇️
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