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Union inserts AI protections into bargaining proposal; parties agree to await state legislation
Summary
Ithaca teachers negotiators added contract language copied from a state bill defining AI and prohibiting displacement of unit members by automated decision‑making systems; district negotiators said they preferred to wait for the legislation to resolve at the state level before adopting district policy.
Union negotiators presented a proposed contract clause mirroring language from a New York bill to prohibit artificial intelligence or automated decision‑making tools from displacing bargaining‑unit employees or reducing their hours, wages, or benefits.
Union negotiators said they “pulled exactly from the bill” and provided the parties with the Senate and Assembly versions; at the…
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