Trade unions and the impact of technological changes on the labour market

Abstract

The scientific and technological revolution, as well as rapid acceleration
in business processes on a global scale, affect labour and capital in an asymmetric
manner. Capital is inherently more flexible than human beings, who,
in addition to economic constraints, live in the network of social relations.
The position of the working class is additionally weakened by process automation,
replacing workers by increasingly intelligent robots. Our intention
is to sketch a sequence of cause and effect of these processes: describe the
basic aspects of the transformation of the labour market, their impact on
trade unions and outline the future outlook for the trade union movement.