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US Labor Unions Fight to Contain AI Disruption - RFI - Radio France ...
- American labor unions are struggling in 2025 to protect workers from widespread job losses caused by advancing artificial intelligence across the US economy.
- This struggle arises amid rapid AI deployment, political setbacks like vetoed automation limits in California and Colorado, and the cancellation of federal AI transparency guidelines by President Trump in 2017.
- Despite these challenges, some unions like the Teamsters, International Longshoremen's Association, SAG-AFTRA, and the Communications Workers of America have negotiated limited AI protections or published bargaining guidance.
- Experts emphasize that workers do not seek to stop technology’s progress but want control, as Aaron Novik warns, “What happens when disappears ?” highlighting a real existential issue.
- The situation suggests unions face an uphill battle to adapt bargaining power quickly enough to safeguard jobs and rights amid automation that may raise unemployment to 10–20% and displace many blue- and white-collar workers.
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