Among other restrictions, the contract requires that management provide the union 60 days to bargain over any new AI technology that “materially and substantively” impacts members’ job duties.

“The future of the labor movement belongs to the party that shows up, listens, and fights for working people,” LaLota said in a statement to POLITICO.

Union officials said negotiations have stalled on a collective bargaining agreement for the care center’s roughly 200 employees, including certified nursing assistants, nurses, social workers, rehabilitation staff and others.