Oakland city employees have secured a tentative, three-year agreement with AI-related protections.
After a huge 94.1% of workers voted to authorize a strike, the city agreed to retrain or reassign workers displaced by AI rather than firing them, so the planned November 5 strike is now on hold.
US push for workplace AI rules
This win in Oakland is part of a growing push across the US for fair rules around workplace AI.
Nearly 70% of state and local government agencies say they have adopted or are implementing generative AI, and union leaders like John Samuelsen are speaking up about job security.
Moves like California's No Robo Bosses bill show that more people want tech to help, not replace, workers.