Trade Unions, Surveillance and Social Media

工会、监控和社交媒体

• 批准号: 2103230
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2018 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2103230
• 关键词: Trade; Unions; Surveillance; Social; Media

This thesis explores the impact that workplace surveillance has on trade union activists, and examines the extent to which workplace surveillance impacts the ability of trade union activists to advocate for labour rights and negotiate with employers. The literature review draws on the fields of surveillance studies and industrial relations to situate surveillance in the workplace. It also draws on the emerging field of data justice to explore how developments in digital technology are changing the ways in which employers can exert control over workers. The aim of the project is to further understanding of how surveillance is shaping trade union action in public sector workplaces in the UK. Data was collected through interviews and through document analysis, forming three qualitative case studies aimed at answeringquestions about how trade unions are shaping their activities in response to surveillance in the workplace, and how in turn they are developing ways of resisting the control exerted by surveillance. Thematic analysis of the findings demonstrates that the way surveillance is being enacted across public sector workplaces varies in many ways, and the way that it is experienced and resisted by various members is very different. The discussion examines the impact that this might have for collective action and solidarity across the movement. It considers the challenges the individualising effects of surveillance might have on collective identity and suggests new directions in future research that incorporate aspects of critical data studies.

本文探讨了工作场所监控对工会积极分子的影响，并考察了工作场所监控对工会积极分子倡导劳工权利和与雇主谈判能力的影响程度。文献综述借鉴了监控研究和劳资关系领域，将监控置于工作场所。它还利用新兴的数据正义领域，探讨数字技术的发展如何改变雇主对员工施加控制的方式。该项目的目的是进一步了解监控如何影响英国公共部门工作场所的工会行动。通过访谈和文件分析收集数据，形成三个定性案例研究，旨在回答工会如何塑造其活动以应对工作场所的监视，以及他们如何发展抵制监视施加的控制的方法。对调查结果的专题分析表明，在公共部门工作场所实施监督的方式在许多方面各不相同，不同成员经历和抵制监督的方式也大不相同。讨论探讨了这可能对整个运动的集体行动和团结产生的影响。它考虑了监控的个体化效应可能对集体身份产生的挑战，并提出了未来研究的新方向，包括关键数据研究的各个方面。