Motion 115
Artificial Intelligence, Exploitation of Workers from the Global South and International Solidarity
“That this Congress notes that it is not widely known that digital platforms and artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms use labour intensive inputs from the Global South. This involves a precarious workforce of millions and the labour conditions that are experienced, predominantly by Black Workers, are truly appalling.
“Congress recognises that this is by design, a disgracefully unfair system. The enormous human cost behind the giant servers and labour farms that exploit, and abuse workers can never be justified. The tech companies that benefit would like nothing better than these inequalities to remain hidden from the end user.
“Congress calls on the STUC General Council and the Black Workers’ Committee to work with affiliated trade unions, the international trade union movement, and other organisations with similar objectives to:
- shine a light on these exploitative work practices to reveal the true magnitude of the manipulative labour at play behind the scenes;
- collectively organise towards building worker power to redress inequalities and ensure a more just and fairer digital future;
- use all the connections of the TU movement to ensure individuals can use their influence, as worker advocates but also as consumers, to hold digital tech companies to account;
- equip our representatives within Scottish workplaces with the information and skills that will ensure that their employers engage in proper due diligence, including audits of their AI supply chains; and
- through our international affiliations express solidarity with our fellow workers overseas.”
Mover: STUC Black Workers’ Conference
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