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About Algorithms and the World of Work - AlgorithmWatch

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This page introduces AlgorithmWatch's project on algorithmic automation in the workplace, relevant to AI safety discussions around labor impacts, surveillance, and workers' rights in the context of AI deployment.

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This page introduces AlgorithmWatch's initiative examining how algorithmic automation is transforming workplaces globally, including new forms of worker surveillance and potential erosion of labor rights. It serves as an entry point to a database and resources aimed at empowering trade unions and worker representatives to navigate automation challenges.

Key Points

  • •Algorithmic automation is creating new forms of workplace surveillance worldwide.
  • •Workers' rights may be undermined by algorithmically-driven automation in employment contexts.
  • •Trade unions are identified as key actors needing practical guidance to address automation challenges.
  • •The project provides an introduction and database of resources on algorithms and labor.
  • •Focus is on empowering union representatives and negotiators dealing with workplace automation.

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AlgorithmWatchDescriptionGerman nonprofit research and advocacy organization focused on the societal impacts of algorithmic decision-making (ADM). Investigates automated systems in hiring, credit scoring, social media, and public administration. Produces policy research, investigative journalism, and the Automating Society Report.Mar 2026

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 Worldwide, workers are being confronted with algorithmically-driven automation in the workplace, leading to new forms of workplace surveillance and possibly undermining workers’ rights. Trade unions are now called upon to focus on practical advice and guidance to empower union representatives and negotiators to deal with the challenges that automation puts onto workers.

 
 
 
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 Introduction and database. 
 
 
 
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