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- US labor unions are actively battling rapid AI-driven automation that threatens to displace many workers across sectors in 2025.
- This struggle follows former President Biden's Labor Department guidelines promoting AI transparency and worker involvement, which President Trump canceled hours after taking office in January.
- The Teamsters back legislation to limit automation spread but face political setbacks as California and Colorado governors recently vetoed autonomous truck bans despite strong union lobbying.
- Notable union victories include the International Longshoremen's Association securing a port automation moratorium and SAG-AFTRA obtaining rights over AI-generated likenesses of actors.
- Unions caution that without proper protections, artificial intelligence may displace up to 50 percent of entry-level white-collar positions, potentially pushing unemployment rates to between 10 and 20 percent, creating serious challenges for workers and society at large.
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We're watching the death of workplace communication and the birth of a new kind of cowardice: one where being professional means being processed and where sounding smart means sounding artificial.
Testimonies from workers in sectors such as health, education, transport and art reveal how AI transforms routines, creates uncertainty and poses new challenges to authenticity and employment in the country
To Unionize Amazon, Disrupt the Flow
Organizing logistics behemoths like Amazon and Walmart will require the labor movement to figure out how to disrupt the flow of goods across the supply chain rather than simply organizing individual workplaces — and that requires a major rethinking of organizing strategy. Amazon employees work to fulfill same-day orders at an Amazon fulfillment center on December 2, 2024, in Orlando, Florida. (Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / Getty Images) In the…
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