The intersection of tech work and labor unions could impact what liability corporations have to their contractors.

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'Are These States About to Make a Big Mistake on AI?' by Grace Gedye & Matt Scherer
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'Labor history is full of examples of unions using #strikes to build power before the law offered any protections.' bit.ly/443lz8A LiftFund US One Fair Wage #laborjustice

This week is #internationalLaborDay #Mayday . We spoke to Milagros Miceli @milamiceli.bsky.social about the data workers that make #AI possible, her research with them and what hope there is of improving their working conditions. Read the entire interview here 👉weizenbaum-institut.de/en/news/detail…

Missed this🔥line from the FTC presser on noncompetes last week: 'The Commission finds that instead of using noncompetes to lock in workers, employers that wish to retain employees can compete on the merits for the worker’s labor services by improving wages & working conditions.'

'The emergence of remote work has also allowed companies to expand their hiring pool nationwide and offshore jobs... Employers can pay $40,000 to someone in India, where the going rate in the US is $140,000, he said.' startribune.com/after-hiring-b…

UK charities hiring staff with ‘privilege not potential’, report author warns dlvr.it/T67bQq

Indeed and LinkedIn are incorporating more generative AI to improve the recruiting and job-hunting processes. Some recruiters are still unconvinced. wired.trib.al/TYMxA5V

Kaiser nurses are arguing that any new technologies need to be properly evaluated before they are deployed... Nurses at other health care systems in California said AI tools at their hospitals are making their jobs harder, not easier.' California Nurses
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From 'generative AI nurses' to the integration of ChatGPT into charting, we are seeing health care execs and tech CEOs team up to rush risky tech into our health care system.

Nurses say: STOP gambling with our patients' health and safety! Our patients are not guinea pigs!

Irish American who loves to see this from Lily Gladstone! Let examples like this be a guide in making solidarity real and a material reality.

And watch Under the Bridge on Hulu.

It's time. Start organizing your own union at your own workplace. TODAY.

AFL-CIO ✊: aflcio.org/formaunion

Emergency Workplace Organizing:
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