The Future Of Your Job In The Age Of AI

Robot co-workers and artificial intelligence assistants are becoming more common in the workplace. Could they edge human employees out? What then?

Jun 12th, 2017

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

Vietnamese workers who are helping construct the first Chinese car tire factory in Europe ride bicycles past security officers near the northern Serbian town of Zrenjanin, 50 kilometers north of Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021.

Vietnamese Workers at Chinese Factory in Serbia Cry for Help

The workers could be victims of human trafficking or even slavery.

Dr. Frida Polli, co-founder and CEO Pymetrics, talks about AI technology used to assess job skills during an interview with The Associated Press at the Pymetrics headquarters, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, in New York.

NYC Tries to Rein in AI Hiring Tools

But some AI experts and digital rights activists are concerned that it doesn’t go far enough to curb bias.

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OSHA Pauses Implementation, Enforcement of Biden Vaccine Mandate

It follows an appeals court's decision to stay OSHA's Emergency Temporary Standard that would require large companies to require vaccination or daily virus testing.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell for the seventh straight week to a pandemic low 268,000.

U.S. Jobless Claims Drop Seventh Straight Week to 268,000

Claims dipped by 1,000 last week.

Members of the United Auto Workers strike outside of a John Deere plant, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, in Ankeny, Iowa.

Strike Ends as Deere Workers Approve 3rd Contract Offer

The UAW union said 61% of its members approved the deal.

People arrive for work at the Amazon distribution center in the Staten Island borough of New York, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021. The National Labor Relations Board is confirming that a group of Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island, New York has withdrawn its petition to hold a vote to unionize its workers.

Amazon Workers in New York Withdraw Petition to Unionize

An NLRB spokesperson declined to elaborate the reason for the pullback.

Striking Deere & Co. Workers Prepare to Vote on 3rd Contract

The union described the new proposal as the company’s “last, best and final offer.”

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Data: Frontline Workers Still Face a Battle to be Listened to on Key Issues

Research of workers who must physically be at work shows they feel largely ignored and unempowered when it comes to addressing workplace topics.

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Kellogg's Sues Striking Cereal Workers

Striking workers are allegedly blocking entrances and intimidating replacement workers.

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Another UAW Official Charged with Looting Union Coffers

It's the latest chapter of union corruption that has sent more than a dozen people to prison.

Marriott human resources recruiter Mariela Cuevas, left, talks to Lisbet Oliveros, during a job fair at Hard Rock Stadium, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to a new pandemic low 267,000 last week.

U.S. Jobless Claims Drop to Pandemic Low of 267,000

The claims fell by 4,000 last week.