Collective Bargaining as New Technologies Upend and Change Work

Unions are dealing with an onslaught of new technologies — from automation to algorithmic management tools that are dramatically altering work, creating and eliminating jobs, and changing and upending entire industries. The most powerful force to take on and manage technological change is collective bargaining. We will review private and public sector unions’ experiences and strategies around technology bargaining including:

• Building internal structures
• Assessing the technology pipeline in their sectors
• Organizing Internally at the national and local level
• Developing contract proposals
• Executing on technology bargaining