TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady outside Number 10 Downing Street. New technologies have the potential to make us all richer and to change the world of work for good. When the TUC polled workers in the run-up to our 150th anniversary in 2018, people overwhelmingly agreed (74 per cent) that improvements in technology could give them more control over their working lives, as opposed to the “always-on” culture fostered by many employers.
But there was also a weary cynicism that most of the benefits from new tech would be grabbed by business owners and that none would reach the shop […]
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