Trade Unions, Surveillance and Social Media

本论文探讨了工作场所监督对工会活动家的影响，并探讨了工作场所监督在多大程度上影响了工会活动家倡导劳工权利和与雇主谈判的能力。文献回顾借鉴了监视研究和劳资关系的领域，以确保在工作场所的监视。它还借鉴了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工人施加控制的方式。该项目的目的是进一步了解监视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了数据，形成了三个定性案例研究，旨在回答有关工会如何在工作场所进行监视时塑造其活动以及如何反过来发展抵制监视控制的方法的问题。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。它考虑了监视的个性化影响可能对集体身份的挑战，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。

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.