"A federal judge signaled that she will likely order Workday, the maker of popular AI-powered human resources software, to face claims that it violated California law thousands of times by weeding out job applicants at many major companies for discriminatory reasons" www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Workday will likely face California claims in sprawling AI bias lawsuit

A federal judge has signaled that she will likely order Workday, the maker of popular AI-powered human resources software, to face claims that it violated California law thousands of times by ​weeding...

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"AI repackages systemic issues marginalized communities have fought against: bias, labor exploitation & environmental racism. And deliver it through something new: algorithms, micro-task platforms & data centers. Nevertheless the core harms remain the same." www.techpolicy.press/addressing-r...

Addressing Regulatory Arbitrage in the AI Supply Chain

AI companies exploit legal gray areas to cause familiar harms through new mechanisms while evading existing legal protections in place, writes Amaia Aguilar.

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"Such surveillance practices can violate core values of worker dignity and autonomy by treating workers as continuously monitored data sources rather than as people entitled to privacy, agency, and fair working conditions." divfn.substack.com/p/workers-da...

Worker’s Data Should Not be a Business Asset

An Essential Component of a Worker Surveillance Bill: Hard Limits on Workplace Data Collection, Use, and Retention

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"As companies increasingly integrate AI, they will use it to hire fewer full-time employees, shifting toward a fragmented workforce that resembles the gig economy." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Gig workers are endlessly exploited. AI could make more of us share their fate

As companies integrate AI and hire fewer employees, a shift toward a ‘gig economy’ will commence

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"Better govt survey data still leaves researchers with a causal inference problem. Employment, wages, hiring & turnover are shaped by many forces... Estimating AI-specific causal effects will require longitudinal data, natural experiments & firm/worker-level research" www.thefai.org/posts/improv...

Improving Federal Survey Data Collection on AI's Workforce Impacts | The Foundation for American Innovation

The Foundation for American Innovation.

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“Amazon illegally retaliated against three of its employees for publicly testifying that Seattle should regulate data centers, according to a complaint filed on Thursday with the city’s Office for Civil Rights.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/t...

Amazon Retaliated Against Workers Who Supported Regulating Data Centers, Complaint Says

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Helpful report on lessons from federal procurement of AI under Biden. Also worth noting: OMB memo M-24-18 called on agencies to include contractual requirements for vendors to provide info re data labor for genAI, a requirement not often replicated since. www.ischool.berkeley.edu/research/pub...

Government Use and Procurement of AI: Perspectives from the Biden Administration

Mulligan, Deirdre K. and Mary Beech. 2026. “Government Use and Procurement of AI: Perspectives from the Biden Administration.” University of California, Berkeley.

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"As tech companies embrace AI — forcing workers to use it, using it to surveil them, or justify firing them because of it — more workers are coming together to organize and fight back" Featuring @emilymazo.bsky.social & @wwwrise.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/tech-workers...

Tech Workers Are Fighting Against Silicon Valley’s AI Push

More tech workers are organizing to fight back as they feel they are losing influence over decisions that affect their jobs, writes Varsha Bansal.

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Companies are increasingly using AI-powered hiring tools, despite their reputations for flaws and biases. And even when a human is put in the decision loop, research shows that they accept racially biased AI recommendations 90% of the time.

“If you’re unemployed it’s not because there isn’t any work.” As tech billionaires extract labor and resources in the name of automating jobs it’s important to recognize that much of the work we actually need has often gone unfulfilled or uncompensated.

Sign this petition "Support Oracle Workers in Securing Fair Severance" here www.change.org/p/support-or...

Sign the Petition

Support Oracle Workers in Securing Fair Severance

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In TIME's reporting, workers describe the unsettling experience of helping train the very AI systems they believe are contributing to their displacement, while Oracle directs billions toward AI infrastructure.

from @andrewrchow.bsky.social in TIME magazine: "'Everyone’s a Line On a Spreadsheet:' Inside Oracle’s Mass Layoffs and the Workers Fighting Back" #Technology #Work #TechWorkers #TechLabor #TechLayoffs #FutureofWork time.com/article/2026...

Inside Oracle’s Mass Layoffs and the Workers Fighting Back

As Oracle slashes jobs, some workers say they were helping develop the AI that displaced them.

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This is an exciting news in tech worker organizing. Let us continue support these workers and the effort by @wwwrise.bsky.social @techworkerscoalition.org

Follow @wwwrise.bsky.social! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

Tim Newman@tnewmsblues.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Exciting effort in the tech worker organizing. I promise you, we’re gonna look back on worker organizing like this around AI and layoffs and be really happy if we did all we could to support it. Huge shout out to these workers, What We Will & @techworkerscoalition.org. time.com/article/2026...

Deindustrialization began in the 70s and fifty years later we’re still talking about solutions to the loss of manufacturing jobs. “AI will create more jobs” is not something we can just count on and hope for the best.

Democracies are supposed to reflect the sentiments of everyday people. An overwhelming majority of Californians favor policies that establish guardrails and accountability. Will California’s leadership step up to the plate or miss the moment?

The AI Commons Project and @wwwrise.bsky.social recently launched the first basic income program for workers impacted by AI. www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-first-...

The first basic income for workers impacted by AI has begun sending out $1,000 monthly payments

The AI Dividend is distributing $1,000 a month for a year, no strings attached, to eligible workers.

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AI is less regulated than sandwich shops. That’s a problem. There is no industry and no job that AI won’t touch. That’s why working people’s voices need to be heard—and why we need AI guardrails now to protect our jobs, our rights and our freedoms.

AI Schism Grips Washington as Tech, Labor Vie for Upper Hand

At a historic auditorium in Washington this week, Silicon Valley executives, Trump administration officials and members of Congress gathered in a sea of button-down shirts to extol the virtues of arti...

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Americans are increasingly pessimistic about AI and work. And the vast majority believe the government isn’t doing enough. With endless debate about where the impact of AI will land, what’s clear is people need greater safety nets, guardrails, and a say in how AI is used and who it benefits.

30% of Americans worry that AI will make their jobs obsolete

70% of Americans said they believe AI will lead to a decrease in job opportunities generally, while 30% worry about their own jobs.

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Thanks so much for giving us a shoutout! @techequity.bsky.social

TechEquity@techequity.bsky.social · 6mo ago

3) The AI Commons Project and @wwwrise.bsky.social recently launched the first basic income program for workers impacted by AI. @bcmerchant.bsky.social www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-first-...

5) Gig workers are selling their calls and texts, even videos of them doing other gig work, and more to provide training data for AI. But oftentimes, this comes with hidden costs. @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/technology/2... @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Thousands of people are selling their identities to train AI – but at what cost?

Gig AI trainers worldwide are selling moments of their lives, including calls and texts, to AI companies for quick cash

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It's Friday! Which means it's time for the #TopFive things you need to read this week to understand tech’s impact on our economy with TechEquity Founder and CEO @catherinebracy.com

Economic disruption is not just job loss but “job scarring,” where accepting underemployment in a difficult job market causes lasting damage to wages and career progression, especially for entry-level workers. Wages have already been stagnant for decades. We need to reverse the trend.

The new reality for white-collar workers: lower pay

After getting laid off, many professionals are being forced to take jobs with much lower salaries than what they were earning before.

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Bay Area! Join us!

TechEquity@techequity.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Join us on March 29th at 3pm at Manny's in SF as he sits down with @catherinebracy.com for a candid conversation about what is actually at stake, what good leadership on AI looks like, & what getting it right means for working people and communities across the country. techequity.us/event/the-ai...

What We Will is co-designing this pilot alongside the AI Commons Project. We’re a worker center for people impacted by the AI economy, organizing and offering support through programs led by and for workers.

Brian Merchant@bcmerchant.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The first basic income pilot program for workers who have lost jobs, income, or opportunities due to AI has begun sending out monthly $1,000 payments this week. The project is starting small, but hopes to scale rapidly. Blood in the Machine has the exclusive on the launch of the AI Commons Project:

Unionize your tech company — @techworkerscoalition.org and @organizeworkers.bsky.social can help

🌎 Tech Workers Coalition is global yet our social media does not always reflect the breadth of activities we have across the planet in the United States, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, and Canada. We are working on it! We will support you launch a local chapter! Join us!

The 32 hour work week is the future! Proud OPEIU is leading the charge on this. @opeiulocal153.bsky.social @kickstarterunited.org

Labor Notes@labornotes.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"Labor history suggests that the most effective way for labor to exert control over technology is not to minimize the role of technology at work, but to minimize the role of work in life," writes Vishal Reddy, executive director of WorkFour. labornotes.org/blogs/2026/0...

“About 2,400 Kaiser Permanente mental health professionals were striking Wednesday in Northern California over concerns that the health care giant is replacing therapists with artificial intelligence.”

2,400 Kaiser mental health professionals strike in Northern California over AI concerns

About 2,400 Kaiser Permanente mental health workers are striking in Northern California over fears the company will replace therapists with artificial intelligence.

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