Changing the Future, Now

By: Dave Ward

Technology can liberate workers — or it can be used to control them. Which path it follows will depend on the labour movement.

Illustration by David Biskup

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For as long as I’ve been active in the labour movement, I can remember debates about technology and automation and their impact on the world of work. Back in the 1970s the big idea was that we would all be working far less by now, as new technologies freed us up to do other things […]

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For as long as I’ve been active in the labour movement, I can remember debates about technology and automation and their impact on the world of work. Back in the 1970s the big idea was that we would all be working far less by now, as new technologies freed us up to do other things […]

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For as long as I’ve been active in the labour movement, I can remember debates about technology and automation and their impact on the world of work. Back in the 1970s the big idea was that we would all be working far less by now, as new technologies freed us up to do other things […]

For as long as I’ve been active in the labour movement, I can remember debates about technology and automation and their impact on the world of work. Back in the 1970s the big idea was that we would all be working far less by now, as new technologies freed us up to do other things […]

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