ABSTRACT

National economies with different industrial relations and welfare state traditions are experiencing a similar digital transformation. This article examines how labour unions are seeking to influence digital strategies and investments in the information and communication technology (ICT) industry, based on initial research findings in the US and Germany. These efforts can be divided into three action fields: campaigns focused on influencing state investment and data protection or AI regulation; efforts to extend legal or negotiated labour market protections to new groups of workers; and collective negotiations over new technologies at firm and workplace levels. All three can be seen as complementary in establishing the conditions for the social regulation of new digitally enabled markets.

摘要

具有不同产业关系和福利国家传统的国家经济正在经历类似的数字化转型。本文根据美国和德国的初步研究结果，探讨了工会如何寻求影响信息和通信技术 (ICT) 行业的数字战略和投资。这些努力可分为三个行动领域：专注于影响国家投资和数据保护或人工智能监管的活动；努力将法律或协商的劳动力市场保护扩大到新的工人群体；在公司和工作场所层面就新技术进行集体谈判。在为新的数字化市场的社会监管创造条件方面，这三者都可以被视为互补。