Labor News & Commentary December 10, graduates of coding bootcamps face a labor market reshaped by the rise of AI

https://onlabor.org/december-10-2024/

By Henry Green

In today’s News and Commentary, advocacy groups lay out demands for Lori Chavez-DeRemer at DOL, a German union leader calls for ending the country’s debt brake, Teamsters give Amazon a deadline to agree to bargaining dates, and graduates of coding bootcamps face a labor market reshaped by the rise of AI.

Worker advocacy groups have laid out demands for Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, President Trump’s pick to the lead the Department of Labor, to prove her pro-worker chops. The Economic Policy Institute called for Chavez-DeRemer to fight for at least a $14 billion budget for DOL and to defend President Biden’s rule expanding overtime protections. EPI and the National Employment Law Project also urged Chavez-Deremer to finalize a standard protecting workers from heat on the job.

In Germany, the leader of IG Metall, the country’s most powerful union, called for an end to the country’s “debt brake,” which limits government borrowing to .35% of GDP in any fiscal year. Christianne Benner, IG Metall’s chair, said Germany should follow the example of the US and China, which more vigorously support domestic industry through fiscal policy. Benner’s comments come as Volkswagen workers are on strike in protest of the company’s plans to close several plants in Germany. Union representatives last month offered to forgo planned wage increases if the company agreed to cancel plant closures.

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