The Guardian: Google DeepMind in talks with UK unions amid staff concern over US and Israel’s AI use www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Got my stickers on my laptop at last! (Featuring @wikiproyectolgbt.bsky.social and @utaw.tech, as well as some work projects)

“Meta’s workers are paying the price for management’s ⁠reckless, expensive bets. While execs chase speculative AI, staff face job cuts, draconian surveillance & the cruel reality of being forced to train inefficient systems positioned to replace them” @utaw.tech www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Workers at Meta are organising with UTAW after attacks on their employment rights, redundancies and shocking violations of privacy against both Meta employees and users of their platforms.

John Chadfield, CWU National Officer for Tech, speaks to BBC Newshour about Google Deepmind.

Google DeepMind workers are unionizing over AI military contracts

UK staff of Google's AI research lab hope to block the use of the company's artificial intelligence models in military settings. www.wired.com/story/google...

Exclusive: Worker pointed to Iran war and Pentagon’s Anthropic feud as indications the department is ‘not a responsible partner’

BREAKING: Google DeepMind workers in UK have voted 98% in favour of unionising — demanding an end to AI use by Israel and the US military for perpetrating genocide in Gaza. If successful, they’ll be the first frontier AI lab in the world to unionise.

"'Even if AI isn’t capable of taking everyone’s jobs, it still weakens bargaining power… companies feel like they can say, ‘let’s try downsizing, let’s say it’s AI.’' But the jobs don’t disappear. They’re simply reassigned to external contractors on lower pay, and with fewer benefits."

TL;DR: AI cannot replace workers. It is an illusion that execs use to scam eachother

"These days, the tech companies are very much the bad guys. But one part of the old myth still clings on – the idea that tech jobs are good jobs" We feature in @graceblakeley.substack.com 's latest piece graceblakeley.substack.com/p/ai-isnt-ta...

If you're in the UK, we are that tech union :)

ICYMI: important piece on a new case against TikTok union-busting supported by @foxglovelegal.bsky.social & @utaw.tech:

@utaw.tech launch bullying, harassment and union busting case vs TikTok supported by @foxglovelegal.bsky.social

Another legal challenge from content moderators at TikTok announced on Sky News this morning news.sky.com/story/former...

Breaking: Apple required to proceed with recognition ballot after months of attempting to block and union-busting activities. CAC Decision: www.gov.uk/government/p...

A mighty win for Mitie workers 💪 Great stuff from all involved at our @utaw.tech branch! We love to see it.

2026 is going to be tough, stick together with your friends and comrades. Happy New Year.

Tech workers need unions too buff.ly/dgLeqyj With mass layoffs and poor working conditions becoming widespread across the sector, it’s time for techies to get organised @marisharay.bsky.social @thebristolcable.bsky.social @joshuareynoldssl6.bsky.social @utaw.tech @unitesharon.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk

Strategic layoffs have been obviously cynically motivated to us in the union movement (especially those that cite 'AI') for some time. Seems like Goldman Sachs is catching up. fortune.com/2025/12/25/g...

🗞️ News: @foxglovelegal.bsky.social has launched a new case against TikTok in the UK for union busting. Read more in Sky's coverage here: news.sky.com/story/tiktok... We proud to support TikTok workers, Julio & others, alongside @leigh-day.bsky.social and @utaw.tech union. Details below!

CWU members from our @utaw.tech branch take legal action against TikTok for union busting news.sky.com/story/tiktok...

CWU inspired policy has PASSED both Houses of Parliament. The Employment Rights Act 2025 - remember it because it'll change you and your comrades lives for the better in the next year or so.

The Chair of Parliament's Tech Committee questions TikTok's safety claims: "It's alarming that they aren't offering us transparency over this information. Without it, how can we have any confidence whether these changes will safeguard users?"

Hundreds of UK moderators have left TikTok - sparking safety fears, whistleblowers reveal news.sky.com/story/hundre...

🎙️ Now on Spotify! Catch up with last week's CWU Live. We had a great chat with our @utaw.tech tech workers branch about AI, automation, and what all the latest tech changes mean for workers. A really interesting listen, even if you’re not a tech worker. www.cwu.org/podcast/big-...

TikTok is getting rid of the London staff who keep you safe from harmful, misleading and illegal content. When did they announce the job cuts? Eight days before those employees were due to vote on unionising. We’ve signed an open letter with @tuc.org.uk and @cwunews.bsky.social:

gigaflop

we're reppin' AND greppin'! (there is something in there)

“AI isn’t magic; it’s a pyramid scheme of human labor,” said @adiod.bsky.social, a researcher at @dairinstitute.bsky.social. “These raters are the middle rung: invisible, essential and expendable.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Trying to grow the UK AI sector by building data centers is like trying to grow the university sector by building paper factories.

TikTok's biggest European market is the UK, something they were gleefully boasting to the press about early this summer but then as soon as a union recognition ballot is scheduled, suddenly it isn't that important and they want to offshore jobs somewhere with cheaper labour and weak unions.

Moderators face one of the most psychologically damaging jobs on the internet to keep the public safe, yet TikTok wants to offshore the roles, despite making BILLIONS. We rallied outside TikTok HQ to show that our @utaw.tech members aren’t going anywhere. www.youtube.com/shorts/oJl172PqRXI

"Politicians are not commentators, they are paid to take decisions." 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

Nik's thesis is fascinating - tech leaders don't lead, buying software as a means of putting the responsibility for their company's future on someone else's back, allowing them to do specious TED talks and as little work as possible. www.wheresyoured.at/the-remarkab...

Who lined up the speakers for the UN's AI For Good summit? Of all the actual experts and people who know about 'AI'', its impact now and potential, and you booked WILL I AM and CHERIE BLAIR???

Some billionaires getting very nervous as more and more of these studies start to get published www.reuters.com/business/ai-...

I bet he wonders why he isn't allowed to run the company anymore. Google co-founder Sergey Brin calls U.N. ‘transparently antisemitic’ after report on tech firms and Gaza In WaPo wapo.st/4lg3pIh (links sans paywall) archive.is/yUZfC#select...

At the CWU we back Zarah, and she backs us. The Mail on Sunday can eat shit.

On this International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia (#IDAHOBIT), join a union that will stand up for your rights.

Apropos of nothing... lawcha.org/2022/03/0...

One of our members has created some homemade merch. These jars will be stored in a dark place, as dark and cold as the supreme court's decision, only to be unleashed like a limited-edition drop. #TransRightsAreHumanRights #cooking

We stand with our trans comrades. #Trans #TransRights #Union

The AI jobs crisis is not the sudden displacement of millions of workers in one fell swoop—instead, it’s evident in the attrition in creative industries, the declining income of freelance artists, writers, and illustrators, and in corporations’ inclination to simply hire fewer human workers.

Happy May Day and International Workers' Day from our comrades in Cuba! 🇨🇺

"The point of AI isn't to make workers more productive, it's to make them weaker when they bargain with their bosses." pluralistic.net/2025...

Solidarity with contract workers.