Germany's first trade union ‘hackathon’, called UnionHack, was held online on 20 and 21 November. UnionHack brought together hackers, IT developers and digital designers for a ‘programming marathon’ to work on a number of challenges that focused on optimizing how union structures function, improving the relationship between trade union members and the trade union organization, and making better use of membership data to augment trade union influence, strength and action.
The need for a trade union ‘hackathon’. DGB member unions have been working on the issue of digital transition for some time now. Digitalisation will ultimately change the whole world of work and has already begun to have a powerful impact. However until now trade union action in this field has tended to look outwards focusing on issues including remote working /teleworking, training, and more formally organising the new digital proletariat as symbolized by the ‘crowdworkers’. Before...
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