Data and Democracy at Work
An exploration of how major companies have used advanced information technologies to limit worker power, and how labor law reform could reverse that trend.As our economy has shifted away from industrial production and service industries have become dominant, many of the nation's largest employers ar...
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The MIT Press
2023
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| description | An exploration of how major companies have used advanced information technologies to limit worker power, and how labor law reform could reverse that trend.As our economy has shifted away from industrial production and service industries have become dominant, many of the nation's largest employers are now in fields like retail, food service, logistics, and hospitality. These companies have turned to data-driven surveillance technologies that operate over a vast distance, enabling cheaper oversight of massive numbers of workers. Data and Democracy at Work argues that companies often use new data-driven technologies as a power resource—or even a tool of class domination—and that our labor laws allow them to do so. Employers have established broad rights to use technology to gather data on workers and their performance, to exclude others from accessing that data, and to use that data to refine their managerial strategies. Through these means, companies have suppressed workers' ability to organize and unionize, thereby driving down wages and eroding working conditions.Labor law today encourages employer dominance in many ways—but labor law can also be reformed to become a tool for increased equity. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent Great Resignation have indicated an increased political mobilization of the so-called essential workers of the pandemic, many of them service industry workers. This book describes the necessary legal reforms to increase workers' associational power and democratize workplace data, establishing more balanced relationships between workers and employers and ensuring a brighter and more equitable future for us all. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1115762024-03-30T23:20:53Z Data and Democracy at Work Rogers, Brishen Labor, employment, technology, automation, algorithms, artificial intelligence, data analytics, big data, machine learning, low-wage work, service work, warehouses, gig economy, retail workers, unions, labor law, employment law, wages thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNH Employment and labour law: general::LNHU Employment contracts thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNX Industrial relations, occupational health and safety::KNXN Industrial arbitration and negotiation An exploration of how major companies have used advanced information technologies to limit worker power, and how labor law reform could reverse that trend.As our economy has shifted away from industrial production and service industries have become dominant, many of the nation's largest employers are now in fields like retail, food service, logistics, and hospitality. These companies have turned to data-driven surveillance technologies that operate over a vast distance, enabling cheaper oversight of massive numbers of workers. Data and Democracy at Work argues that companies often use new data-driven technologies as a power resource—or even a tool of class domination—and that our labor laws allow them to do so. Employers have established broad rights to use technology to gather data on workers and their performance, to exclude others from accessing that data, and to use that data to refine their managerial strategies. Through these means, companies have suppressed workers' ability to organize and unionize, thereby driving down wages and eroding working conditions.Labor law today encourages employer dominance in many ways—but labor law can also be reformed to become a tool for increased equity. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent Great Resignation have indicated an increased political mobilization of the so-called essential workers of the pandemic, many of them service industry workers. This book describes the necessary legal reforms to increase workers' associational power and democratize workplace data, establishing more balanced relationships between workers and employers and ensuring a brighter and more equitable future for us all. 2023-07-31T10:53:35Z 2023-07-31T10:53:35Z 2023 book ONIX_20230731_9780262373357_10 9780262373357 9780262545136 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/111576 eng The MIT Press image/jpeg n/a https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11253.001.0001 The MIT Press The MIT Press 10.7551/mitpress/11253.001.0001 10.7551/mitpress/11253.001.0001 ae0cf962-f685-4933-93d1-916defa5123d 9780262373357 9780262545136 The MIT Press 288 Cambridge open access |
| spellingShingle | Labor, employment, technology, automation, algorithms, artificial intelligence, data analytics, big data, machine learning, low-wage work, service work, warehouses, gig economy, retail workers, unions, labor law, employment law, wages thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNH Employment and labour law: general::LNHU Employment contracts thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNX Industrial relations, occupational health and safety::KNXN Industrial arbitration and negotiation Rogers, Brishen Data and Democracy at Work |
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| topic | Labor, employment, technology, automation, algorithms, artificial intelligence, data analytics, big data, machine learning, low-wage work, service work, warehouses, gig economy, retail workers, unions, labor law, employment law, wages thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNH Employment and labour law: general::LNHU Employment contracts thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNX Industrial relations, occupational health and safety::KNXN Industrial arbitration and negotiation |
| topic_facet | Labor, employment, technology, automation, algorithms, artificial intelligence, data analytics, big data, machine learning, low-wage work, service work, warehouses, gig economy, retail workers, unions, labor law, employment law, wages thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNH Employment and labour law: general::LNHU Employment contracts thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNX Industrial relations, occupational health and safety::KNXN Industrial arbitration and negotiation |
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