CWA Recognized as Global Leader at UNI Conference

Earlier this month, CWA leaders, including Chief of Staff Sylvia J. Ramos and CWA District 9 Vice President Frank Arce, presented information at the regional conference of the UNI Americas: Information, Communications, Technology, and Related Services sector in Bogotá, Colombia. The unions in attendance represent telecommunications and technology workers from countries across the Western Hemisphere.

CWA District 4 Vice President Linda L. Hinton, CWA District 6 Vice President Derrick Osobase, and Telecommunications and Technologies Vice President Lisa Bolton also attended the conference. They took part in conversations concerning the health and safety of call center workers, joint solidarity actions, and the rise of artificial intelligence.

Chief of Staff Ramos gave a presentation on CWA’s A.I. Principles, bargaining efforts, and specific language from contracts regarding worker protections from unethical implementation of the burgeoning technology.

Vice President Arce, chair of the CWA Executive Board Organizing Committee, gave a presentation on the great organizing work being done by CWA in the tech sector, especially at Microsoft and in the video game industry. CWA was recognized as a global leader for its efforts in helping these workers to organize into unions.

In recognition of the shared threats workers face from the unethical use of new technologies and the coordination happening between employers on a global scale, attendees adopted a 4-year strategic plan to organize more workers in the telecommunications and technology sectors in the Americas. CWA leaders also met with unions representing workers at international telecommunications corporations like Teleperformance, where U.S. workers are demanding that the company respect their right to join a union.

 
Above: CWA District 9 Vice President Frank Arce gave a presentation on the organizing work happening in the tech, gaming, and digital sector and the UNI Global Conference in Bogotá, Colombia. 
Below: CWA Chief of Staff Sylvia J. Ramos presented findings and best practices on the ethical use and regulation of artificial intelligence. 

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This post originally appeared on cwa-union.org.