Press on UTAW/press/Press coverage and media mentions from United Tech & Allied Workers.Hugoen-GBWed, 20 May 2026 15:09:10 +0000The Guardian: Google DeepMind in talks with UK unions amid staff concern over US and Israel's AI use/press/2026-05-20-the-guardian-google-deepmind-in-talks-with-uk-union-amid-staff-concern-over-us-and-israels-ai-use/Wed, 20 May 2026 15:09:10 +0000The Guardian/press/2026-05-20-the-guardian-google-deepmind-in-talks-with-uk-union-amid-staff-concern-over-us-and-israels-ai-use/Exclusive: Google DeepMind agrees to Acas talks after workers sign petitions about governments’ use of AI for defence and intelligencePressPressGoogleThe Guardian: Google DeepMind in talks with UK unions amid staff concern over US and Israel's AI use

]]>Novara Media: Google AI Workers in UK Vote to Unionise Amid Deal With US Military/press/novara-media-google-ai-workers-in-uk-vote-to-unionise/Wed, 06 May 2026 09:00:38 +0100Novara Media/press/novara-media-google-ai-workers-in-uk-vote-to-unionise/Workers at the UK branch of Google’s AI lab, DeepMind, have voted to unionise – partly in a bid to resist deals with the US and Israeli militaries.PressPressGoogleNovara Media: Google AI Workers in UK Vote to Unionise Amid Deal With US Military

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]]>WIRED: Google DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals/press/wired-google-deepmind-workers-vote-to-unionize-over-military-ai-deals/Tue, 05 May 2026 12:59:20 +0100WIRED/press/wired-google-deepmind-workers-vote-to-unionize-over-military-ai-deals/UK staff of Google’s AI research lab hope to block the use of the company’s artificial intelligence models in military settings.PressPressGoogleWIRED: Google DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals

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]]>The Verge: Google DeepMind workers are unionizing over AI military contracts/press/the-verge-google-deepmind-workers-are-unionizing-over-ai-military-contracts/Tue, 05 May 2026 11:08:33 +0100The Verge/press/the-verge-google-deepmind-workers-are-unionizing-over-ai-military-contracts/Staffers don’t want to be complicit in ‘helping make genocide cheaper, faster, and more efficient.’PressPressGoogleThe Verge: Google DeepMind workers are unionizing over AI military contracts

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]]>Business Insider: UK Google DeepMind employees move to unionize over its AI defense deals/press/business-insider-uk-google-deepmind-employees-move-to-unionize/Tue, 05 May 2026 10:11:56 +0100Business Insider/press/business-insider-uk-google-deepmind-employees-move-to-unionize/Staff at DeepMind’s UK offices have moved to unionize days after the Pentagon confirmed it would work with Google on classified operations.PressPressGoogleBusiness Insider: UK Google DeepMind employees move to unionize over its AI defense deals

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]]>The Guardian: Google DeepMind workers in UK vote to unionize amid deal with US military/press/the-guardian-google-deepmind-workers-in-uk-vote-to-unionize/Tue, 05 May 2026 06:05:42 +0100The Guardian/press/the-guardian-google-deepmind-workers-in-uk-vote-to-unionize/Exclusive: Worker pointed to Iran war and Pentagon’s Anthropic feud as indications the department is ‘not a responsible partner’PressPressGoogleThe Guardian: Google DeepMind workers in UK vote to unionize amid deal with US military

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]]>The Independent: TikTok accused of ‘sacrificing online safety’ amid AI-driven job cuts/press/the-independent-tiktok-ai-job-cuts-online-safety/Mon, 13 Oct 2025 11:17:00 +0100The Independent/press/the-independent-tiktok-ai-job-cuts-online-safety/Unions and online safety campaigners have called on MPs to investigate the impact of the cuts on online safety in the UKPressPressTikTokThe Independent: TikTok accused of ‘sacrificing online safety’ amid AI-driven job cuts

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]]>Sky News: 'We wouldn't let our children on the app': TikTok moderators warn users may be at risk after redundancies/press/sky-news-tiktok-moderators-warn-users-may-be-at-risk/Fri, 19 Sep 2025 08:00:00 +0100Sky News/press/sky-news-tiktok-moderators-warn-users-may-be-at-risk/In August, TikTok said it was making redundancies in order to “concentrate operations in fewer locations” and develop the use of AI in moderation, in part to protect human workers from seeing harmful content.PressPressTikTokSky News: 'We wouldn't let our children on the app': TikTok moderators warn users may be at risk after redundancies

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]]>Tribune: Taking on Big Tech/press/tribune-taking-on-big-tech/Fri, 08 Dec 2023 16:12:38 +0000Tribune/press/tribune-taking-on-big-tech/From metric-driven management to workplace surveillance, workers are turning to trade unionism to fight back against tech behemoth exploitation.PressPressAppleTribune: Taking on Big Tech

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]]>Left Foot Forward: UK workers ramp up pressure on Big Tech to end Israeli military contract/press/left-foot-forward-uk-workers-ramp-up-pressure-on-big-tech/Wed, 06 Dec 2023 15:30:26 +0000Left Foot Forward/press/left-foot-forward-uk-workers-ramp-up-pressure-on-big-tech/Tech workers launch UK campaign and mass call to action against company complicity with Israeli governmentPressPressGoogleLeft Foot Forward: UK workers ramp up pressure on Big Tech to end Israeli military contract

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]]>Computer Weekly: UK Apple Store workers detail ‘union-busting’ tactics/press/computer-weekly-uk-apple-store-workers-detail-union-busting-tactics/Tue, 17 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +0100Computer Weekly/press/computer-weekly-uk-apple-store-workers-detail-union-busting-tactics/Apple Store workers in the UK are attempting to unionise, but say they are facing pushback from the company, which is allegedly deploying a variety of “union-busting” tacticsPressPressAppleComputer Weekly: UK Apple Store workers detail ‘union-busting’ tactics

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]]>Fast Company: Inside the London Apple Store workers’ unionization efforts/press/fast-company-inside-the-london-apple-store-workers-unionization-efforts/Tue, 20 Dec 2022 11:08:00 +0000Fast Company/press/fast-company-inside-the-london-apple-store-workers-unionization-efforts/The request for recognition by the tech giant follows similar union drives elsewhere.PressPressAppleFast Company: Inside the London Apple Store workers’ unionization efforts

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]]>Huck: How the Apple Store union movement came to the UK/press/huck-how-the-apple-store-union-movement-came-to-the-uk/Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0100Huck/press/huck-how-the-apple-store-union-movement-came-to-the-uk/Inspired by successful unionisation efforts among US employees, workers from across the pond are gearing up to take on the tech giant.PressPressAppleHuck: How the Apple Store union movement came to the UK

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]]>WIRED: Google and Microsoft staff set to join the UK’s first tech trade union/press/wired-google-and-microsoft-staff-set-to-join-the-uks-first-tech-trade-union/Tue, 22 Sep 2020 09:01:30 +0000WIRED/press/wired-google-and-microsoft-staff-set-to-join-the-uks-first-tech-trade-union/The arrival of the trade union movement in the UK’s tech sector follows more sustained activism by workers in the United StatesPressPressAppleWIRED: Google and Microsoft staff set to join the UK’s first tech trade union

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