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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 12d

🤖 The next #AItalk to put in your agenda: the thorny question of #BigTech in #education

What are the implications of AI-enabled automated feedback and grading tools for the future of education, and how do they (re)shape and (re)negotiate the role of #teachers?

🔗 etui.org/ZR9

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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 10h

📨 Subscribe to the newsletter for a monthly update of insight and commentary on the EU's progress towards a #JustTransition, right here 🔗 etui.org/ZVw

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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 10h

'Europe’s #AI strategy faces a #DataCentre dilemma'

✍ @aida.follows.technology writes about the expansion of data infrastructure and its ecological impacts in the latest edition of our #GreenNewDeal newsletter

🔗 etui.org/ZVU

[Image credit: Data Center Map]

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Miroslav Hajnoš @miroslavhajnos.bsky.social · 1d

🌿 Last week in Bratislava, we hosted a training on Green Clauses in Collective Bargaining with trade unionists from Lithuania, Slovakia, Finland & Italy.

Big thanks to @etui.bsky.social and Franklin for co-organizing, and to Slovnaft and Solidarumas for their great cooperation.

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Daphne Halikiopoulou @dafnoukos.bsky.social · 2d

At a time of rising support for the far-right, are we getting our research right? In our new @etui.bsky.social technical brief, Tim Vlandas and I show how the 'atomistic fallacy' can lead to misinterpretations and flawed policy recommendations about far-right success: www.etui.org/publications...

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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 1d

World Day for Decent Work:

Trade unionists from across the continent are coming together to send a message to @ec.europa.eu that its forthcoming #QualityJobs Act must live up to its promise.

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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 1d

👀 And keep your eyes peeled for the next issue of Transfer, the European Review of Labour and Research, where the findings will be published

🔗 journals.sagepub.com/loi/TRS

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

journals.sagepub.com

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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 1d

More info and registration link here 🔗 etui.org/ZV3

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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 1d

🔍 This conference presents findings from several recently concluded research projects, which studied novel approaches in EU Member States to reorient public procurement towards 'buying decent work'

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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 1d

🎯 The European Commission's current plans to revise the European Procurement Directives provide a valuable opportunity to review the progress made and the remaining challenges in making public procurement more socially sustainable

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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 1d

📆 Save the date: upcoming ETUI conference on #PublicProcurement and decent work

🔗 etui.org/ZV3

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#WDDW25

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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 2d

More info here 🔗 etui.org/about-etui/tenders-vacancies

etui.org

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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 2d

Do you have experience of digital communications and research dissemination?

Do you have a strong interest in European social policy and the labour movement?

Then this job could be for you!

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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 2d

📣 Vacancy alert!

We're looking for a six-month maternity leave replacement to join our comms team 💻

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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 2d

📺 And don't miss Daphne Halikiopoulou's recent TED Talk, 'What’s behind the rise of far right politics in Europe?'

www.ted.com/talks/daphne...

What’s behind the rise of far right politics in Europe

Far-right parties are gaining popularity worldwide. Why is that? Political researcher Daphne Halikiopoulou reveals how rising leaders tap into people’s economic insecurities and distrust of institutio...

www.ted.com

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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 2d

Read it here 🔗 etui.org/ZVJ

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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 2d

🔍 In our latest technical brief, @dafnoukos.bsky.social and Tim Vlandas take a look at the increasing reliance on individual-level data to explain far-right voting behaviour and make sense of national-level phenomena, and how this can lead to misinterpretations and flawed policy recommendations

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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 2d

At a time of rising support for the #FarRight, are we getting it right when it comes to understanding who votes for them and why?

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Aída Ponce Del Castillo @aida.follows.technology · 9d

𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

Who bears responsibility when AI causes harm, damage, or loss?

Is it the software developer, intermediary, deployer, end-user, regulator, or some other entity?

We exchanged a diversity of views in this interesting panel at the 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐁𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐚 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲

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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 5d

Chapter by Despoina Georgiou in 'The Elgar Companion to Regulating Platform Work: Insights from the Food Delivery Sector'

Edited by @kurtvandaele.bsky.social and @silviarainone.bsky.social, and published by @elgarpublishing.bsky.social

Order it here 🔗 www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...

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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 5d

Download the paper here 🔗 etui.org/ZVo

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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 5d

🎯 With the Directive due to be transposed into the national laws of EU Member States by 2027, Kasim outlines the nature of these shortcomings while arguing for a strategic and proactive application that, in the current absence of more specific European legislation, surpasses the minimum requirements

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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 5d

🔺It overlooks the important role that can be played by trade unions and social dialogue in addressing these issues

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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 5d

🔺It lacks explicit regulation on modern technologies such as #AlgorithmicManagement regarding their potential to perpetuate violence at work

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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 5d

🔺 It does not make an explicit connection between violence against women and working life, including occupational safety and health

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