Reviving Workers’ Bargaining Power Amidst Evolving Tech

Reviving Workers’ Bargaining Power Amidst Evolving Tech

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Scholar proposes a new regulatory model to strengthen workers’ bargaining powers.Developing technologies may replace as many as 300 million full-time jobs. Workers increasingly fear that their job security is just one software update or algorithm away from becoming obsolete.In a recent article , law professor Cynthia Estlund exposes yet another hidden cost to the rise of technology: workers’ depressed bargaining power. Estlund explains that improvements in automation have diminished U.S. workers’ ability to negotiate better working conditions and higher wages. She argues that states should intervene and use their regulatory power to address […]

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