{"id":8228,"date":"2022-09-16T11:55:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T09:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?page_id=8228"},"modified":"2022-09-20T14:03:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T12:03:34","slug":"uni-statement-on-tech-inquiry-controversy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/uni-statement-on-tech-inquiry-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"UNI statement on Tech Inquiry controversy\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Intercept\u2019s<\/em> characterization of UNI Global Union\u2019s decision to not publish research commissioned from Tech Inquiry is fundamentally incorrect.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n UNI did not censor the report, in fact, we released Tech Inquiry to publish the report independently. That is not censorship or suppression. It was a green light for publication on Tech Inquiry\u2019s own terms. The truth is that the report we received did not meet our requirements or fulfil our objectives for this research.<\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n UNI has no obligation to publish reports that do not meet our needs or our standards. In this\u00a0particular case, UNI\u00a0determined it was unhelpful to publish the research product as presented because it was not useful to our ongoing global effort to hold Amazon accountable.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Moreover, we did not find anything particularly compelling in this report. If the research contained revelatory information, we believe The Intercept<\/em> would have covered the content of the report itself rather than UNI not wanting to be associated with it.\u00a0Unfortunately, rather\u00a0than\u00a0letting\u00a0the research product stand for itself, on its own, Tech Inquiry manufactured a controversy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Additionally, any claim that the CWA intervened in UNI\u2019s decision making is\u00a0absolutely false.\u00a0CWA had no knowledge of this research\u00a0and had no role in UNI\u2019s decision to disassociate ourselves from it. CWA is a valued affiliate of UNI and has never asked UNI to put its interests ahead of workers globally.<\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n The UNI staff person quoted by the publication did not make this decision regarding this research, misrepresented UNI\u2019s reasons for walking away from it, and was not speaking on behalf of the organization.<\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n UNI Global Union has published multiple reports denouncing corporate greed, violations of\u00a0labour\u00a0rights and policy recommendations to advance the rights of working people worldwide, and we will continue to do so.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n