Materials of combined material through the harmful materials uploaded to the online platform have formed a WTO’s alliance to improve the working conditions. The Global Trade Union Alliance of Content Moderators (GTUACM) today announced in the Kenya city of Nairobi that its aim is “responsible for the Big Tech” for failing to solve workers’ problems. Lack of low wages, trauma, and union representation In the whole industry.
Companies like Meta, Betdance, and alphabetical alphabetically outsource the content moderate to deal with workers on their platform. These workers need to analyze and flag violent videos, hate speech, abuse of children and other harmful materials. GTUACM says many moderators in the industry experience “depression, post -traumatic stress disorder, suicide theory, and severe mental health consequences” due to the exposure of such materials without proper help. Workers often face fear of being punished for unrealistic performance goals, uncertainty of employment, and talking about these issues.
“Thousands of horrific videos every day – beheading, abusing children, harassment – suffering devastating losses on our mental health, but this is not the only source of stress. U uncertain contracts and permanent surveillance on work increases further tensions,” which is now a coalition of Meta -e -Poland. “We need real access to stable jobs, fair behavior and mental health support during work hours.”
GTUCM says it aims to provide a global platform for bargaining with tech companies, as well as connect collective campaigns and research professional health. In Ghana, Kenya, Turkey, Poland, Colombia, Portugal, Morocco, Tunisia, and the Philippines, currently, the contemporaries will be part of the alliance through their trade unions. Unions from other countries, including Ireland and Germany, are also expected to join the near future.
The United States is particularly absent from this list, but that does not mean that we will not be involved. Benjamin Partton, head of the ICT sector of the Union Global Union, said Stuffy That “all unions that are supporting the content moderator organizing will not be able to attend the program, but we work with our member unions, such as CWA in the United States, to demand justice in the Big Tech supply chain.”
“Kenya (content) has become a global hub for moderation, and we welcome investors to invest in this sector in Kenya, but we should not be against workers’ health,” said Benson Okuro, general secretary of the Kenya Communications Workers Union. “That is why we are organizing the world and unions on the ground all over the world. We are sending a clear message to investors in this sector, including meta, tricktok, alphabet, and Amazon that the moderators will not remain silent everywhere, while the platforms make profit from their pain.”
Meta is being prosecuted specifically The former content’s moderator in Ghana And Canoe More than psychological distress through a contracted role. A group of former content models who flagged graphic and violent videos on T -Tauktok Filed a lawsuit against his ex -contractor, Telis DigitalClaiming that they were fired for trying to improve and improve their work conditions.
“The content we see does not just disappear at the end of a shift,” Zemele, a former Telis worker, said in a statement to the UNI Global Union. It disturbes our sleep and leaves permanent emotional stains. ” “When we pick it up with our managers, they say these are situations that require a ticket, client. When we stand for better conditions in our jobs, our fellow workers are fired.”
We have reached Meta, Tech and Google to comment on the formation of GTUACM.
“Companies like Facebook and Teltokko cannot hide behind outsourcing,” said Christie Halfman, general secretary of the UNI Global Union, said. “This work can be more secure and sustainable.
