In addition, "For workers to have a voice on the job when it comes to automation and new tech," Jonathan Battaglia, Communications Director of the International Association of Machinists, told us "joining a union" is an effective approach. Battaglia cites artificial intelligence workers organizing in Chicago.
In other words, while technology has evolved, jobs are still on the increase, and in cases where there are layoffs, there are national and local strategies that can be of enormous assistance.
Robert Weiner was a spokesman in the Clinton and George W. Bush White Houses. He was Communications Director of the House Government Operations Committee, and Senior Aide to Four-Star Gen/Drug Czar Barry McCaffrey and Reps. John Conyers, Charles Rangel, Claude Pepper, Ed Koch and Sen. Ted Kennedy.
Gene Lambey, is a policy analyst and writer at Robert Weiner Associates and Solutions For Change.
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