An increase in union membership at two of Australia’s highest-profile technology companies, Canva and Atlassian, is small in terms of raw numbers but significant because of what it says about the disruptive impact artificial intelligence is likely to have on their workforces.
The registration of around 100 employees to the tech union, Professionals Australia, represents a tiny fraction of Canva and Atlassian’s total staff even if it is the first time any number of their workers have agreed to be centrally organised.