Artificial intelligence in the workforce
PEF testified on Oct. 19 before the Assembly Standing Committees on Labor and Science and Technology on the impact of artificial intelligence on the workforce. News10 (ABC affiliate in Albany) and New York State of Politics (Spectrum News) both talked to Division 357 (OITS) Council Leader Christopher Ford and PEF Executive Board member Prakash Lal.
You can read the submitted testimony here. Click here for the News10 story and here for the New York State of Politics write-up.
Pushing for law to define and educate about workplace bullying
PEF’s rally at Empire State Plaza in Albany on Sept. 21 drew widespread media attention. Union leaders took to the streets with signs calling out the Office of Employee Relations and toxic managers for workplace bullying. PEF is asking the Legislature to codify what qualifies as bullying in the workplace and to train managers and employees on how best to deal with it.
Click here for an article in the Albany Times Union about the rally and here for a follow-up story in the only newspaper that covers organized labor in New York, The Chief.