How to Fight Mandatory Digital ID [Pt.4]

The Case Against Mandatory Digital ID [Pt 4]

The proposed Digital ID system threatens workers’ privacy, rights, and access to employment. Every WEU member can take action today:

1. Stay informed

Read WEU articles and updates on digital ID. Understand how it could affect your workplace, rights, and services. Knowledge is power.

2. Speak up

Contact your MP or local councillor. Explain why mandatory digital ID risks exclusion, surveillance, and loss of worker autonomy. Personal stories make the message stronger.

3. Share with colleagues

Talk to co-workers about the digital ID plans. Awareness across workplaces increases pressure on decision-makers.

4. Join campaigns

Participate and give support in WEU campaigns; collective action amplifies worker voices and demonstrates widespread opposition.

5. Protect your data

Be cautious with personal information online. Keep track of which services require ID and how your data is stored.

6. Demand transparency

Ask for clarity on implementation, safeguards, and redress mechanisms. The government must explain how it will protect workers from exclusion and surveillance.

7. Stay connected

Ask friends and family to sign up to the WEU website for articles and briefings. Receive regular WEU updates and step-by-step guidance on how we are lobbying, protesting, and demanding public consultations.

The digital ID may be pitched by the government as modernisation, but without accountability, it risks entrenching inequality and control. By taking action now, WEU members can defend privacy, protect access to work, and safeguard employment rights for everyone.

The Workers of England Union is working hard to stop Digital ID, and together, we can stop digital ID from becoming mandatory and protect workers’ freedoms across England.