How Unions Are Confronting A.I. Threats in the Workplace How Unions Are Confronting A.I. Threats in the WorkplaceThe machinists union shows how workers are negotiating for a say in the ways artificial intelligence is used in ...
Excerpt: Last month, when Local S6 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers negotiated a new five-year contract with the defense company that runs the shipyard, the union insisted on updating longstanding language about technology. Now the union must be informed at the “conceptual stage,” rather than at implementation, of “any proposed addition or modified technology, equipment or process,” including A.I. and robotics. "It was the union trying to force the company’s hand about being more transparent when it comes to A.I.,” Mr. Suitter said. “The sooner we can be part of that conversation and represent the members’ side of it, the better off we are." Unions are confronting A.I. as an existential danger to workers, not only because of the possibility of massive job losses but also because of its hand in the widening gap between wages and corporate profits. In April, Liz Shuler, the president of the AFL-CIO, called A.I. “the single biggest threat to working people of our lifetime.” Michael Novick 323-636-7388https://www.antiracist.org http://www.change-links.org CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this email message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information and may be legally protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or their agent, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply email and then delete this message and any attachments. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, copying, or storage of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#43481): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/43481 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/121377391/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
