Digital trust: How ethical tech empowers workers and why workers empower ethical tech
Earning trust in new technologies is hard. Trust plays a vital role in every aspect of new technology – from development to deployment to adoption.
Since 2018, the General Secretary of UNI Global Union, the global union federation for workers in service industries, with nearly 20 years of work in international labor. Began career as a shop steward in jet engine factory, followed by 25 years of experience as activist in and counsel to leading US-based trade unions, spanning sectors including manufacturing, coal miners, delivery drivers, security guards and healthcare professionals. Committed to strategies for worker empowerment, collective bargaining and corporate responsibility. Frequent speaker and author about the importance of engaging workers and their unions when new technologies are deployed on the job.
Smith College, BA; New York University School of Law, JD.
Earning trust in new technologies is hard. Trust plays a vital role in every aspect of new technology – from development to deployment to adoption.
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