‘Australia is not America’: Unions threaten response to AI job slashers


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

Employers rolling out AI risk coordinated union action if they deploy the technology without consulting workers, the Australian Council of Trade Unions warned on Friday after a wave of AI-linked job cuts.

The ACTU has written to employer groups reminding them of blanket workplace laws that mandate employee consultation and notification about major decisions, including in technology.

Some enterprise agreements go further, requiring the consultation before the decision is taken …

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