ISSUES WE FIGHT FOR
AI, Automation & Surveillance
Artificial Intelligence, tracking, monitoring , surveillance and automation are significant changes with far-reaching implications for Australian workers.
How tech impacts workers
United Workers Union members across our industries have reported that AI, automation and surveillance have been introduced in their workplaces with little oversight and consultation.
While most multinational tech companies promise vague benefits from the use of AI and technology, AI has so far done little to improve the lives of working people, including many UWU members.
WHAT WE’VE ACHIEVED SO FAR
UWU members report:
- work intensification,
- unpredictable rosters,
- loss of hours,
- psychosocial and physical hazards from AI performance management, and
- loss of jobs without retraining and reskilling opportunities.
UWU welcomes the Government’s recent announcement of the National AI Plan which outlines the need of a strong worker voice through meaningful consultation, and its commitment to ensuring that workers’ rights are fit for purpose to deal with the widespread misuse of AI currently underway in many sectors.
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We now have an opportunity to address workers’ real concerns around the adoption of AI and emerging technologies to enforce regulations that unlock the real benefits of AI for workers, such as higher wages, better working conditions and more leisure time.