10 Principles for Workers’ Data Rights and Privacy

This document fills an enormous gap with regards workers’ rights in the new world of work. As management increasingly uses data to hire, fire, promote and discipline workers, we demand the right of explanation as to what data they use, how they store this data, where they got it from, and what they will do with it. Without these rights, we will forever be subject to unilateral data-informed managerial decisions.

Here are 10 operational principles for workers’ data rights and protection to slot into collective bargaining, global agreements and multinational alliances.