AI labour disputes: Kaiser Permanente deal, Seattle Times picket, Montefiore

Sep 28, 2026 · Issue 9 · 5 sources, 5 articles

Employers can learn from Kaiser Permanente's labour agreement on AI, while Seattle Times journalists are picketing for AI protections. According to the union, about a dozen nurses at Montefiore in the Bronx are being pushed out by AI.

Who is affected and how

employee

Contractual AI protections can be won, so it is worth putting them in a collective agreement.

HR professional

The Kaiser agreement can serve as a model for AI rollout frameworks agreed with employee representatives.

manager

Displacement caused by AI leads to union disputes.

Sources

• What employers can learn from Kaiser Permanente’s AI labor dealmit sloan · Sep 28, 2026
• What employers can learn from Kaiser Permanente’s AI labor deal | MIT Sloanmitsloan.mit.edu · Sep 28, 2026
• Seattle Times journalists picket over AI, calling for job protections in contract talksgeekwire · Sep 30, 2026
• Seattle Times journalists picket over AI, calling for job protections in contract talks – GeekWiregeekwire.com · Sep 30, 2026
• A dozen Montefiore nurses in the Bronx are being pushed out by AI, union saysgothamist · Sep 28, 2026

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