"IndustriALL launches policy paper on artificial intelligence,"

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As the paper explains, artificial intelligence is redefining how work is organized, monitored and valued. Many workers now find themselves managed by algorithms that determine schedules, track performance and even influence hiring and promotions, often without transparency or accountability.

Meanwhile, governments and companies still lack adequate regulations to ensure fairness, there are still  very few collective agreements that address AI directly. The result is an uneven playing field where corporate profits rise, but many workers face insecurity, discrimination and intensified surveillance.

IndustriALL’s policy paper outlines a clear roadmap to change this, ensuring that technological progress goes hand in hand with decent work, equality and a Just Transition...

The paper concludes that AI can be a catalyst for worker empowerment, or a driver of inequality and union repression, depending on how it is governed.

Unions have a decisive role to play in shaping that future: demanding transparency, ensuring workers share in productivity gains and embedding AI within a framework of social justice and democratic oversight...