"Key takeaways
The deployment of Artificial Intelligence in the workplace has grown rapidly in the United States. Labor unions have been at the forefront of efforts to encourage more productive and sustainable workplace AI and digitalization strategies. Case studies from Germany and the United States show the importance of public policy for supporting worker voice in new technology adoption and deployment.

Policy options that could be considered at the state and local levels in the United States to boost worker power and voice in the era of AI innovation include:

-Legislation regulating employer AI usage: laws that prohibit excessive surveillance, data collection, and automated decision-making by employers; that regulate employers' use of electronic monitoring and automated decision systems; and that require employers to conduct impact assessments of AI usage
-Legislation implementing human oversight of AI tools: laws that put guardrails on replacing humans with digital technologies by requiring human oversight in sensitive sectors
-Protections for workers exposed to AI: requiring retraining and severance for displaced workers, state and local procurement of AI tools that focus on their equity and impacts on workers, and agency actions to take on deceptive and unfair practices by employers"

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