{"id":7626,"date":"2025-05-16T14:17:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T13:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=7626"},"modified":"2025-05-16T14:17:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T13:17:45","slug":"global-ituc-28-april-report-artificial-intelligence-and-digitalisation-a-matter-of-life-and-death-for-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=7626","title":{"rendered":"Global: ITUC 28 April report &#8211; Artificial intelligence and digitalisation: A matter of life and death for workers\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ituc_workers_memorial_day_report.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7441 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ituc_workers_memorial_day_report-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ituc_workers_memorial_day_report-238x300.jpg 238w, 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