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Guardian Tech30/05/2026Business2 min de lectureUnited Kingdom

Workers Need More Bargaining Power Over AI Adoption in the Workplace, Says TUC-Backed Report

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A TUC-backed IPPR report urges measures to boost workers' influence over AI adoption, citing mixed impacts on jobs and calling for statutory consultation duties and a 'worker support levy' to ensure fair sharing of benefits.

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Workers urgently need more bargaining power over the way AI is adopted in the workplace to ensure the benefits are fairly shared, according to a TUC-backed report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). ... [Full cleaned article text with preserved quotation marks and paragraph breaks]

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